News for August 30, 2006
by adminToday’s topics: Agriculture, Energy, Forests, Funding, Health, Off-Highway Vehicles, Open Space, Sustainability, Transportation, and Water.
Agriculture
- Detroit Lakes Tribune: Coleman talks farm bill in DL
Energy
- Brainerd Dispatch: Owners of pipeline that ruptured near Little Falls plan to expand
- Hutchinson Leader: Utilities to consider conservation program
- St. Cloud Times Editorial: Voice your concerns at pipeline hearings
- St. Cloud Times: Questions pack pipeline meeting
- St. Cloud Times: District’s energy savings honored
- Elk River Star News: Plant turns landfill gas into electricity
- Timberjay Newspaper: Landowers express concerns over new powerline
- Timberjay newspaper: Power plant plan draws no fire in Hoyt Lakes
- White Bear Press: Alternative fuel gaining popularity
Forests
- Timberjay Newspaper Letter: Noise is one reason the Forest Plan must be improved
(The author is with MEP member group Friends of the Boundary Water Wilderness) - Ely Echo Editorial: Forest lawsuit emotion, not science based
Funding
- Alexandria Echo Press: Conservation Legacy Council to offer advice on state’s natural resources
Health
- Pioneer Press: Smoking ban clears air in bars, study says
(MEP member group Center for Energy and Environment is quoted)
Off-Highway Vehicles
- Detroit Lakes Tribune: Local opposition doomed 70-mile ATV trail
Open Space
- Pioneer Press Editorial: Saving for generations to come
- Delano Eagle: Independence continues inquiry into open spaces planning
Sustainability
- Duluth News Tribune Opinion: Population factor needs to be addressed before it’s unsustainable
Transportation
- Star Tribune: Long commutes increase in metro
(MEP member group Transit for Livable Communities is quoted) - Pioneer Press: Commuters unfazed by gas prices
- Crookston Daily Times Opinion: Amendment sounds too good true be true, and it is
Water
- Pioneer Press: Wetland looks good to boaters
- Park Rapids Enterprise: Public input invited at water plan hearing
- South Washington County Bulletin: River Alliance lawsuit means closer public scrutiny of St. Croix Falls dam
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