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  • Capitol Update for March 23, 2007

    Capitol Update for March 23, 2007

    John Tuma has sent his weekly update from the Capitol: “Money, get back. I’m all right, Jack, keep your hands off of my stack. Money, it’s a hit.” --Pink Floyd

  • So, what are you wearing?

    So, what are you wearing?

    According to the News Grid, Minnesota Public Radio’s 10 a.m. call in show is on “Green Fashion.”  Here’s the Grid’s blurb: At 10 a.m., Midmorning looks at the environmental and social costs…

  • Grow Your Own

    Grow Your Own

    Vegetables, flowers, grains, legumes – it’s your choice.  If your looking for a way to grow some plants and better connect with your community, why not join a community garden?  If you…

  • A couple of policy resources

    A couple of policy resources

    There are two new sites that I learned about recently that the wonks among you might find interesting.

  • “Going Going Green”

    “Going Going Green”

    “Global warming is not coming; it is here.”  Who says?  Sports Illustrated.  Yup, Global Warming is on the cover of March 12th’s Sports Illustrated. I am also happy to say that I saw this…

  • Orange and Green make …

    Orange and Green make …

    For reason I quite frankly do not know, stereotype has it that folks glad in blaze orange are not supposed to get along with people deemed green, and vice versa.

  • I know what you are thinking

    I know what you are thinking

    What do a Star Tribune columnist and the directors of the world’s first “anti-environmentalist” documentary have in common? They know what you think - and you my environmentally concerned friend are an evil zealot.

  • Trampled by Turtles

    Trampled by Turtles

    Just between you and me, I’ve been digging the cold lately.  Sure, I’ve spent most of it stowing away indoors, but I can’t help but dream of little invasive species dying away…

  • Great Lakes Compact on House Floor tomorrow

    Great Lakes Compact on House Floor tomorrow

    The Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact (HF 110) will reportedly be up for a vote before the full House body tomorrow (Thursday).

  • Regulating Science

    Regulating Science

    This isn't a space that we use much for talking about federal topics and I have little desire to highlight New York Times stories, but I have to say that it kicks me right in my physics degree when I hear that every federal agency now needs a political appointee running a "policy office" to…