Today’s topics: Agriculture, Development, Energy, Mercury, Open Space, Transportation, and Water.
Agriculture
- Pioneer Press Opinion: Hemp: Hemmed out of the U.S. by indiscriminate drug law
- Crookston Times Opinion: Looks like biotech crops are here to stay
Development
- Star Tribune Editorial: City moves toward a greener downtown
Energy
- Austin Daily Herald: Hormel subsidiary threatens to leave Wisconsin town over ethanol plant
- Morris Sun Tribune: Construction of gasifier under way at Chippewa Valley Ethanol’s plant
- Agweek: Gas from grass
Mercury
Open Space
Transportation
- Pioneer Press: Would tunnel unsnarl Snelling-University?
- Morris Sun Tribune: Morris Transit clips along at record pace
Water
- Duluth News Tribune: Proposal returns for water garden at Bayfront Park
(MEP member group Sweetwater Alliance is quoted) - Duluth News Tribune Editorial: Sweetening the water: A garden for the Bayfront
(Sweetwater Alliance is mentioned) - Minnesota Public Radio: Low water levels a growing concern
- Grand Forks Herald: DEVILS LAKE OUTLET: Critics say parasites are the problem
- Mankato Free Press: Watching, tracking river conditions
- Twin Cities Daily Planet: Water as an economic resource