News for December 14, 2006
by Minnesota Environmental PartnershipToday’s topics (actually catching up for the week): Department of Natural Resources, Development, Electronics Waste, Energy, Food, Funding, Great Lakes, Mining, Natural Areas, Off-Highway Vehicles, Recycling, Transportation, and Water.
Department of Natural Resources
- Outdoor News: Merriam steps down as head of DNR
(MEP member groups Fish and Wildlife Legislative Alliance, Minnesota Conservation Federation and The Nature Conservancy are quoted) - Minnesota Public Radio: Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources may be headed for a new direction
- Minnesota Public Radio: “A friend to fish and wildlife”
- Star Tribune: DNR commissioner sits on hot seat
Development
- Detroit Lakes Tribune: Environmental group says DL should watch for sprawl
(MEP member group 1000 Friends of Minnesota is featured) - St. Cloud Times Opinion: New river rules are questionable
Electronics Waste
- Pioneer Press: Who will pay for e-waste?
- Minnesota Public Radio: Eating our e-waste
- Mankato Free Press: A request to recycle
- Marshall Independent Editorial: Revisit, revise state’s e-waste recycling law
- New Ulm Journal Editorial: Rules on electronic recycling not working
Energy – Electricty
- Minnesota Public Radio: Pawlenty sets Minn. energy goal: 25 percent renewables by 2025
(MEP member group Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy is quoted) - Pioneer Press: Pawlenty backing renewable energy plan
(MEP member group Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy is quoted) - WCCO: Pawlenty’s MN Energy Goal: 25% Renewables By 2025
- WCCO: Reality Check: Pawlenty’s Renewable Energy Plan
- WCCO: In The Know: A Path To Renewable Sources
- Star Tribune: Pawlenty: Think ahead on energy
- Star Tribune: More wind power won’t be cheap
- Pioneer Press Editorial: Looking forward with new energy
- Forum Newspapers: Pawlenty seeks more renewable energy
- ECM Newspapers: Pawlenty proposes renewable energy goal
- Mankato Free Press: Pawlenty proposes wide-ranging energy plan
- Mankato Free Press Editorial: Energy plan can drive state forward
- Marshall Independent Editorial: The governor’s call for more renewables
- New Ulm Journal: NU could top green energy goals
- New Ulm Journal Editorial: Long term power needs include renewables
- Hastings Star Gazette: Potential for wind power?
Energy – Biofuels
- Star Tribune Editorial: Making biofuels from biodiversity
- Pioneer Press: Rural America in energy spotlight
- Minnesota Public Radio: Federal help for cellulosic ethanol
- Minnesota Public Radio: Energy from our prairies
- Forum Newspapers: Peterson to make farm research funding a priority
- Austin Daily Herald Editorial: Ethanol should be at center of next farm bill
- Mankato Free Press: From cattails to car tanks: MSU profs look to wetlands for ethanol options
- New Ulm Journal: Midwest agriculture holds energy key
Food
- Star Tribune: One fish, two fish, bad fish, good fish
Funding
- Champlin-Dayton Press: Goal: improve Great Outdoors; Champlin resident appointed to Conservation Legacy Council
Great Lakes
- Washington Post: Great Lakes Area Tries to Dodge a Bullet
Mining
- City Pages: Copperheads vs. Greens
(MEP member group Sierra Club is quoted)
Natural Areas
- Duluth News Tribune: Proposed Gunflint land swap draws fire
Off-Highway Vehicles
- Star Tribune: Trouble on the trails
Recycling
- Quad Community Press: Paper recycling options increase in Twin Cities metro
Transportation
- Pioneer Press: Backers of light-rail loop not giving up
Water
- West Central Tribune: Alliance asks Boundary Commission to scrutinize Big Stone II water permit
(MEP member group Clean Up the River Environment is quoted)
