News for September 29, 2006
by Minnesota Environmental PartnershipToday’s topics: Elections, Energy, Ethanol, Food, Great Lakes, Transporation, Water, and Wildlife.
Elections
- Brainerd Dispatch: Candidates place premium on environmental issues
Energy
- Pioneer Press: Quiet hearing OKs nuke storage
(MEP member groups Fresh Energy and Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy are quoted) - Alexandria Echo Press: Save money and energy with the twist of energy efficient bulb
Ethanol
- Star Tribune: Working in tandem
- Star Tribune: EPA looks to help the industry grow
Food
- Star Tribune: Slow, organic growth for Target
- Pioneer Press: Target boosts organic lines
Great Lakes
- Duluth News Tribune: Great Lakes get congressional boost
Transportation
- Minnesota Public Radio: MVST question is double-edged sword outside the Twin Cities
- Star Tribune: Where do we find 20,000 hotel rooms, 250 buses?
- Albert Lea Tribune Editorial: Roads measure has a lot of support
- Alexandria Echo Press: Transportation amendment gets thumbs down
Water
- Duluth News Tribune: Hermantown Wal-Mart pays stormwater fine
- Duluth News Tribune Opinion: Help improve water quality by finding ways to utilize storm runoff
- Alexandria Echo Press: Bacteria problems found in Chippewa River
- Outdoor News: Warm water kills steelhead, Kamloops from French River
Wildlife
- Cook County News Herald: Lutsen protests federal decision on lynx habitat
