Newly elected officials rejected 20 of 94 projects the group had approved just last year. … drive to redirect about $7.5 million in Minnesota State Lottery proceeds that had been tentatively been promised to other environmental projects over the next two years. See full article here.Continue Reading

New legislation hands the responsibility for environmental assessments to the corporations pushing the projects. . . Critics said portions of it weaken regulatory and environmental protections instead of simply streamlining procedures. . . .  “We’re passing a bit of a pig in a poke here,” said Steve Morse, executive director ofContinue Reading

“Rep. Bachmann’s earmark for a massive freeway would cost taxpayers $600 million, cause more pollution and traffic, and irreversibly damage the beauty of the lower St. Croix,” said Rebecca Wodder. . . . Full story here.   2014 Related update: HEREContinue Reading

It’s important to know your neighbors, especially if they’re big polluters. You don’t want to experience the health complications of such poor neighbors because of longterm exposure, and the only way to get a large business to change there ways, to clean up their act, is to confront them withContinue Reading