Today’s topics: Development, Energy, Feedlots, Forests, Funding, Global Warming, Great Lakes, Transportation, Water, and Wildlife.
Development
- Star Tribune: Trooien withdraws rezoning request for Bridges project
- Pioneer Press: Developer withdraws Bridges proposal, will consult with neighborhood
- Fergus Falls Daily Journal: Dead Lake project gets go ahead
Energy
- Fargo Forum Opinion: ‘No’ on 20/20 mandate because of ‘unintended consequences’
- Associated Press: EERC gets contract to control carbon emissions
- Mesabi Daily News: Making biomass a reality
- Worthington Daily Globe: Pipestone County budgets for E85 truck
Feedlots
- St. Cloud Times: Dairy farm fined for manure spill
Forests
- Minnesota Public Radio: The cost of Minnesota timber
Funding
- Star Tribune: Gov. Pawlenty names 11 citizen members to state’s new Conservation Legacy Council
- Star Tribune: Bumper crop of finalists for new license plate
- Duluth News Tribune: Kingston, Zentner named to conservation council
- Duluth News Tribune: Minnesotans can vote for new license plate
Global Warming
- Washington Press (Via Pioneer Press): Global warming could devastate economy
Great Lakes
- Star Tribune: Shipping ban hurts fish farms in state
- Wisconsin Radio Network: Get the lead out: Great Lakes live fire drills spark concerns
Transportation
- Crookston Daily Times Opinion: We need leadership, not transportation amendment
- Crookston Daily Times Opinion: Beware of promises
Water
- Downtown Journal: Taking stock of the river
(MEP member group Friends of the Mississippi River is quoted)
Wildlife
- Star Tribune: Minnesota nest could swing bald eagles’ status
