Today’s topics: Agencies, Energy, Funding, Great Lakes, Health, Off-Highway Vehicles, Transportation, Waste, Water, and Wildlife.

Agencies

• Pioneer Press Editorial: Trust, maybe; verify, surely
  (this section is lower on the page)

Energy

• Albert Lea Tribune Opinion: Gas prices, energy policy and small business
• St. Cloud Times: Landowners resist pipeline

Funding

• Outdoor News: Statewide conservation plan pitched to council

Great Lakes

• Duluth News Tribune: Environmentalists say proposed ballast water bills fall short
  (MEP member group National Wildlife Federation is quoted)
• Minnesota Public Radio: Congress pushes ballast water regulations 

Health

• Minnesota Public Radio: U of M to take over Iron Range cancer study from beleaguered Health Department
• Star Tribune: Iron Rangers sound off at Mandernach
• Duluth News Tribune: Iron Range calls for action on mesothelioma
• Mesabi Daily News: U of M study urged on mesothelioma 

Off-Highway Vehicles

• Lake County News Chronicle: Trail use issue goes to planning team 

Transportation

• Star Tribune: How bad is your commute?

Waste

• Star Tribune: iPhone impact: Sales will add to electronic waste 

Water

• Minnesota Public Radio: Phosphorus strategy relies on good will
  (MEP member group Cannon River Watershed Partnership is quoted)
  Pioneer Press: Toxic algae prompt health warning
• Twin Cities Daily Planet: Measuring water quality in Minneapolis, St. Paul lakes
• Cook County News Herald: Water quality affected by land use
• Morrison County Record: Lake-goers asked to keep an eye out for blue-green algae 

Wildlife

• Red Wing Republican Eagle: ‘Mission accomplished’ for bald eagles
• Winona Daily News: A success story: After 40 years, bald eagle removed from endangered species list
  

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