Today’s topics: Agriculture, Business, Development, Energy, Mining, and Water.
Agriculture
- Crookston Times Opinion: Leave hillsides for wildlife
Business
- Star Tribune: Eco-friendly play? He’s game
- Bemidji Pioneer: McElroy: Plant could create many jobs
Development
- Star Tribune: The not-so-big OFFICE
- Mankato Free Press: Zoning may change near Madison Lake
Energy
- Star Tribune (Associated Press): Green is stealing the auto show
- Fergus Falls Daily Journal: Otter Tail exercises wind energy option
- Hutchinson Leader: State, utilities agree on power plant issues
(MEP member groups Fresh Energy, Izaak Walton League of America, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy and Union of Concerned Scientists are mentioned)
Mining
- Minnesota Public Radio: Group files lawsuit over air pollution from proposed steel plant
(MEP member group Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy is mentioned) - Star Tribune: Group sues, says power plant study did not consider global warming
(MEP member group Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy is mentioned) - Mesabi Daily News: Group tries to block steel project
(MEP member group Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy is quoted) - Mesabi Daily News: Yet another frivolous lawsuit
(MEP member group Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy is mentioned)
Water
- Hutchinson Leader: Population could grow by 35 percent in lake areas
- Winona Daily News: Goodview might not have to pay to clean environmental pollutants from retention pit
- Winona Daily News: River refuge holding contest to name man-made islands
From the web
- Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives: Economist Robert Litan on Economics of Restoration and Why Presidential Candidates Should Care about the Lakes
- Twin Cities Daily Planet: Hydroelectric power plant planned for neighborhood back on hold