Experts Urge Legislature to Clean Up MN Waters
Lawmakers hope to provide a long-term solution for sustainable water. In collaboration with more than 200 experts, as well as other government organization and leaders, University of Minnesota professor and co-Director of the Water Resources Center Deborah Swackhamer has created a 25-year plan to help restore Minnesota’s lakes and rivers. FullContinue Reading
MN Funds New Reactor
Using a common metal most famously found in self-cleaning ovens, Sossina Haile hopes to change our energy future. The metal is cerium oxide—or ceria—and it is the centerpiece of a new technology developed by Haile and her colleagues that concentrates solar energy and uses it to efficiently convert carbon dioxideContinue Reading
St. Paul buys all-electric utility trucks, plans 24 charging stations
The city estimates each vehicle would reduce annual carbon emissions by 3.5 tons and save $1,300 per year in fuel costs. Over a six-year period, the Transit Connect is estimated to cost $1,800 in electricity. Among the locations for the chargers will be RiverCentre/Xcel Energy Center parking ramps and areasContinue Reading
Growth of deer population in Minn. cities divides residents
“The issue is simple. If you want less deer, you are going to have to kill them,” said DeNicola, president of White Buffalo Inc. The nonprofit group, which operates in 17 states, kills deer with firearms and provides deer contraceptives and sterilizations. . . . it’s a “myth” that deerContinue Reading
Environmental groups object to Iron Range loan
Five Minnesota conservation groups are suing an economic-development agency in Eveleth over its $4 million loan to a mining company. [. . .] They say the board shouldn’t have agreed to lend the money while the project remains under review. Full Story here.Continue Reading