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Breaking the Ice: Pedaling, working for cleaner air
“Even though the air is cleaner now, we still are having health effects from our air quality.”
Read More »MPCA issues latest revisions to proposed wild rice standards
Minnesota regulators on Tuesday unveiled the latest refinements to their proposal for revising the state’s water quality standards for protecting wild rice from sulfate pollution. ...
Read More »EPA agrees to probe how state agency regulates iron mining
The federal Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to investigate allegations by an environmental advocacy group that a state agency is failing to meet its responsibility ...
Read More »Lobbyist: Lawmaker said he’d close metal shredder
There’s a new twist in the long-running legal fight between the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the company that operates a controversial metal shredding facility ...
Read More »Senators assess bonding needs up north
The Senate Capital Investment Committee is in the middle of the second leg of its four-part tour of state project ideas.
Read More »EPA policy flicks switch on power plant fight
Pat Garofalo holds a press conference and a hearing to warn Minnesotans of potential economic fallout from the new federal “clean power plan."
Read More »Legal fight over Minneapolis metal shredder heats up
Both sides employ aggressive tactics in Northern Metal Recycling's push to remove pollution monitors.
Read More »Lawmakers seek greater rail-safety transparency
Rep. Frank Hornstein served as ringleader for a press conference to commemorate the second anniversary of the fatal Lac-Megantic freight train crash to push for better rail safety in Minnesota.
Read More »U of M sorts out design for Athletes Village
Changing the start of construction from June to September prompted some questions about the project’s status, but U of M officials emphasize that all is well.
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