News Links for August 28, 2006
by Minnesota Environmental PartnershipToday’s topics: Development, Energy, Funding, Genetically Modified Organisms, Global Warming, Off-Highway Vehicles, Open Space, Trails, and Water.
Development
- St. Cloud Times Opinion: City needs to recognize river as great asset
Energy
- Pioneer Press: MPCA seeks public input on ash dump
- Brainerd Dispatch: Oberstar knows resources aren’t finite
- Mesabi Daily News Editorial: Mesaba Energy project vital for country, area
- New Ulm Journal: Power people visit wind farm; get a glimpse of the future
- New Ulm Journal Opinion: City of gas guzzlers?
- Red Wing Republican Eagle: Radioactive water spills at Prairie Island
Funding
- Star Tribune: Here’s another chance — the last ? — to get it right
Genetically Modified Organisms
Global Warming
- Grand Forks Herald Opinion: Touting a personal energy policy
Off-Highway Vehicles
- Park Rapids Enterprise: Some townships want crackdown on ATVs
Open Space
- Pioneer Press: Anoka County drafts parks wish list
Trails
- Pioneer Press: Bicycling Minnesota
(MEP member group Parks and Trails Council of Minnesota is quoted)
Water
- West Central Tribune: Lake sewer project rests on shoulders of residents
- Winona Daily News: $300,000 grant to help small farms clean up



