Today’s topics: 3M Chemicals, Air, Energy, Great Lakes, Mining, Natural Areas, Off-Highway Vehicles, Transportation, Water and Wetlands.
3M Chemicals
- Pioneer Press: Brainerd, Minn. / Chemical in water traced to auto shop
Air
- International Falls Daily Journal: Odor worries county
Energy
- Pioneer Press: Planned transmission lines get judges’ recommendation
(MEP member group Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy is quoted. Members Fresh Energy, the Izaak Walton League of America and the Union of Concerned Scientists are mentioned) - Star Tribune: Coal-fired plant gets boost from judges
(MEP member groups Izaak Walton League of America and Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy are quoted) - Star Tribune Opinion: On renewable energy, go local
(The author is with MEP member group Institute for Local-Self Reliance) - Minnesota Public Radio: Big Stone power plant expansion gets green light
(MEP member group Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy is quoted)
Great Lakes
- Duluth News Tribune: Agency lifts bacteria warning for Canal Park beach
- AP: Judge throws out shippers’ suit challenging Great Lakes ballast law
Mining
- West Central Tribune: Renville County approves stripe mine permit
Natural Areas
- Duluth News Tribune: Near-total ban on outdoor fires announced
Off-Highway Vehicles
- Farmington Independent: Open house meetings focus on motorized use in six east-central state forests
Transportation
- WCCO: Reality Check: Transportation Funding
- Pioneer Press: Metro Transit plan to deal with bridge collapse will cost $38 million
- Pioneer Press Editorial: Voting for less speed, holding out for best plan
- Star Tribune: Lawmakers voice concerns about bridge project’s haste
- Associated Press: Fast-track plans to build new I-35 bridge scrutinized
- Shakopee Valley News: City opts for easterly crossing
- Shakopee Valley News: Interested in transit issues? Apply to Met Council transportation board
Water
- Hutchinson Leader: State tackles blue-green algae problem
- West Central Tribune: Another sign of the state’s water problems: Blue-green algae now evident in Green Lake
- Winona Daily News: Reps. Walz, Kind push Mississippi restoration
Wetlands
- International Falls Daily Journal: Session on wetlands planned Thursday
- St. Cloud Times Column: Service helping to restore wetlands