The renovation site is between Fort Snelling and Minnehaha Park and includes Mississippi shoreline, formerly owned by the Bureau of Mines and managed by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The National Park Service received the land in January 2010. Project Cost: $2.2 million Deadline: Fall 2012 Restoration includes: • removingContinue Reading
City council members looking at zoning ordinance amendments that will make process of installing solar panels easier. FULL STORY HERE.Continue Reading
Romney opposes cap-and-trade programs to reduce pollution. FULL STORY HERE. The Debate: Jobs v. Environment Continues. 1. More jobs less quality air, water, and soil regulation? Or, 2. preservation of MN natural resources and clean air and water? Humans rely on clean air, water, and soil to exist. To many,Continue Reading
Lots of water can be lots of no-good water if it’s severely polluted. Now St. Paul, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is trying to improve the way it manages the state’s underground water supply. Read the FULL STORY here. Not only is there concerns of limitedContinue Reading
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-St. Paul) joined Environment Minnesota and the American Lung Association at Children’s Hospital to condemn U.S. House-passed legislation to indefinitely delay the cleanup of dangerous smog, soot, mercury, and other toxic pollutants from power plants nationwide. Last Friday, the U.S. House passed H.R.2401, a bill that putsContinue Reading