Thanks to industry and rail, life in Northeast comes with pollution and smells
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Matthew Hegge and his wife are trying to sell their house in Northeast Minneapolis. It’s a little difficult, though, when you don’t want to let the “fresh” air in.
Sympathy for the Devil?
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It may seem strange to work up much sympathy for a booming industry that killed 47 people while virtually leveling their Quebec town last year and later touched off a giant fireball over Casselton, N.D., on the Minnesota border, but that’s what I’m feeling these days for the railroads. Continue Reading
New map shows solar suitability for every rooftop in Minneapolis
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The Minneapolis Solar Suitability map is a red, orange, yellow, and grey patchwork of the city’s rooftops. Continue Reading
CV | Lee Samelson: A City-Utility Partnership to meet Minneapolis’ energy goals
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The City of Minneapolis is currently working to form an innovative, first-in-the-nation
CV | Alan Muller: Every contaminated site in Minnesota needs to be reviewed
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Decades of disregard leave families exposed to toxins.One of the best elected officials I know of is Cam Gordon of the Minneapolis MN City Council. Gordon is a Green Party member, one of a relative handful of official Greens holding office in the United States. I don’t agree with all Gordon’s positions, of course, but he shows an impressive ability to maintain independent and thoughtful positions while seeming to maintain working relationships with his colleagues. In March, 2014, Gordon posted this commentary (below) on one of the more consequential environmental scandals to surface recently in Minnesota.Some background(Disclosure: I have not done anything like a full file review of this, and nobody has asked my opinions on it. But the patterns shown–patterns of negligence–are consistent with patterns of inadequate “cleanup” and overdone coverup seen at contaminated sites nationwide. Continue Reading
Dead zones ahead, from Great Lakes to Gulf of Mexico
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During the first weekend in August, about 400,000 people in and around Toledo couldn’t drink the water — or even wash in it. They normally get water from Lake Erie. This summer, Lake Erie was so polluted that the water was unfit for human use. Continue Reading
Oil trains passing through Minnesota cause safety concerns for residents, activists
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Each week about fifty oil trains, each carrying more than 1 million gallons of North Dakota crude oil, pass through Minnesota. Almost all of them go through the Twin Cities.
COMMUNITY VOICES | It’s public comment time on MN air monitoring plan
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This may seem a bit long and tedious, but…..
First test of 2013 Minnesota frac sand law is successful
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The owner of a controversial Houston County silica sand mine was notified Monday by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) that he must stop mining and apply for a DNR Silica Sand Mining Trout Stream Setback Permit. The Erickson silica sand mine in Houston County’s Yucatan Township is within a mile of Ferndale Brook, a designated trout stream. This is the first silica mine to test a 2013 state law which established a rigorous permitting process for silica sand mines proposed within one mile of a trout stream. Continue Reading
Prospect Park aims to be ‘community of the future’
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As some areas near the University of Minnesota grapple with preserving historic character, one neighborhood is attempting to redefine its presence with plans for a more futuristic community.