News for Thursday, December 13, 2007
by JenToday’s Topics: Agriculture & Food, Clean Cars, Energy, Global Warming, Land Conservation, Mining, OHV’s, Sustainability, Toxins, Transportation, Water, Wildlife
Agriculture and Food
- Detroit Lakes Online: MDA to award $150,000 in sustainable ag grants
- Faribault Daily News: Feedlot Fiasco
- New Ulm Journal: Joining forces for growing local, organic foods
- Star Tribune: Lawsuits: Target, others sold ‘organic’ milk that wasn’t organic
Clean Cars
- Star Tribune: Judge rejects automakers’ lawsuit, says California has authority to regulate vehicle emissions
Energy
- Rochester Post Bulletin: Debate begins on transmission lines (MEP member group Izaak Walton League quoted)
- Fargo Forum: Xcel awards to fund waste-to-energy projects
- Grand Forks Herald: 3 EERC renewable projects receive funding
- Minnesota Monitor: Solar Start-Up Plans to Start Leasing Residential Systems
- Minnesota Public Radio: Biomass power plant planned for south Minneapolis
- Star Tribune: Senate Republicans move toward passing energy bill after stripping away oil taxes
- West Central Tribune: Willmar MUC must decide soon on amount of energy to purchase from Big Stone II plant
Global Warming
- Star Tribune: US says it has spent more than any other country combating climate change (MEP member group Union of Concerned Scientists quoted)
- Detroit Lakes Online: Steger, Pawlenty, team up for environment
- Minnesota Daily: Bruininks slow to sign college climate change commitment
- Minnesota Monitor: Global Warming A “Hot Topic” Within Ski Industry
Land Conservation
- Southwest Review: End in sight (MEP member group Trust for Public Land quoted)
- Duluth News Tribune: Land near Mount Ashwabay set aside
Mining
- Duluth News Tribune: Company says Range metals deposits could be world’s third-largest
- Minnesota Public Radio: Iron Range metals deposit could be one of world’s largest
OHV’s
- Detroit Lakes Online: Becker County wants off-highway vehicle trail ASAP
Sustainability
- New Ulm Journal: Rain gardens soak up storm water
- Red Wing Republican Eagle: Green machine gaining steam
- St. Cloud Times: A new way to hold water: Rain gardens seen as better method for collecting runoff
Toxins
Transportation
- Forest Lake Times: Minneapolis bus service takes shape
- WCCO: North Suburb Residents Eager For Northstar Rail
Water
- Crookston Times: Red River Water Management Board launches public information campaign; survey will be followed by focus groups
- Grand Forks Herald: Oil development straining western ND road network, water supply
- Hutchinson Leader: Federal water protection bill worries local leaders
- Northfield News: Bye-bye waterfall?
- Star Tribune: Lawsuit over Chaska septic system dismissed
Wildlife
- Duluth News Tribune: Birder Erickson takes job at Cornell
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