Today’s topics: Development, Energy, Great Lakes, Mining, Pesticides, Transportation, Water, and Wildlife.

Development

• Winona Daily News: City considers tougher bluffland development regulations

Energy

• Pioneer Press: City trails in energy savings contest
  (MEP member group Center for Energy and Environment is quoted)
• Pioneer Press Opinion: Nuclear should be part of diverse energy mix
• Grand Rapids Herald Review: Mesaba project faces opposition in own industry
• Mankato Free Press: Derailment: Clean-up options still being debated

Great Lakes

• KARE: Coast Guard pushing for gun range on Lake Superior
• Duluth News Tribune Opinion: On a blue ribbon panel on Great Lakes invasive species

Mining

• Mesabi Daily News: PolyMet reaffirms timeline

Pesticides

• Twin Cities Daily Planet: EPA finds dangerous levels of arsenic on 18 Seward properties

Transportation

• Champlin-Dayton Press: Transportation Amendment earns coveted yes vote; what’s next?
  (MEP member group Fresh Energy is quoted)

Water

• Bemidji Pioneer: Clearwater river pollution study seeks citizens’ input

Wildlife

• Red Wing Republican Eagle: Residents seek coyote remedy

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