Great news from Green Bay, WI — garbage burner permit revoked
[People in Green Bay have put up a great fight against this burner scheme. One should not assume the fight is over, as it sounds like there could be a veto, but this is still really good news. Note...
View ArticlePersonal letter objecting to wolf hunting and trapping
October 23, 2012 Mr. Tom Landwehr, Commissioner Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Dear Commissioner Landwehr: I was outraged when the Minnesota DNR announced a hunting season on sandhill...
View ArticleBogus “Community Forum” on frac sand mining in Red Wing, Minnesota
Letter to the Editor Red Wing Republican Eagle On Nov. 15th “Red Wing 2020,” an advisory committee to Mayor Egan, is holding a “Community Forum” on Frac Sand mining (http://bit.ly/SAiT6O). All of the...
View ArticleComments on the “Minnesota Environment and Energy Report Card”
The Environmental Quality Board (EQB) solicited comments on its Report Card, developed per Gov. Dayton’s Executive Order 11-32. I sent some in, which are below, and would encourage people to send...
View ArticleThe MPCA’s official “Metro Solid Waste Plan:” Burn, baby, burn!
These are comments submitted on the MPCA’s “Metro Solid Waste Plan” in November, 2010. The PCA didn’t pay much attention. Read for yourself.
View ArticleWhere does Red Wing Mayor Dennis Egan really live?
His facebook page says he lives in St. Paul. At least at the moment. Screen shot taken this afternoon. We called Mayor Egan to ask him. So far, haven’t heard back from him.
View Article“Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Mayor Egan’s go to go!”
In Red Wing, Minnesota, a small city threatened by big-time frac sand mining, Mayor Dennis Egan says he’s going to work for the frac sand mining industry, as Executive Director of the Minnesota...
View ArticleJust how low can an ENGO go?
Demand that “Conservation Minnesota” sever ties with incineration giant Covanta It’s no secret that many mainstream ENGOs (“Environmental Non Governmental Organizations,” more simply “Environmental...
View ArticleRed Wing mayor Dennis Egan finally signs a letter of resignation–sort of.
Here’s the letter. Note he hasn’t actually resigned. He’s saying he will resign on April Fools Day. Egan stalled for a while after saying he’d resign. Some people are concerned he might have a...
View ArticleACTION ALERT: A pair of dirty-air bills: HF1300/SF1092 (Magnetation)
Friends: Here are two bills intended to roll back some air quality regulations. My sources say these bills are intended to greases the skids for the mining company Magentation....
View ArticleLetter to John Marty, Chair of the Energy and Environment Committee of the...
March 22, 2013 Dear Sen. Marty: Thanks for chatting with me last night (Thursday) after what must have been a long and tiring meeting. I’ve been around energy policy debates long enough to have a sense...
View ArticleAir pollution, death and disease, and unjournalism from the Star-Tribune
Professionally funded and staffed scams seldom have much trouble getting their emissions into the mainstream media disguised as reporting. From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune we get a nice example this...
View ArticleMore bad news on DuPont/3M chemicals and drinking water
Current drinking water limits appear to be “several hundredfold too high.” The Minnesota Department of Health has a “ Health Risk Limit” of 300 nanograms/liter for C8 (PFOA) one of a family...
View ArticleMinnesota Energy bills not ready for prime time
Two “omnibus” energy bills, SF 901 and HF 956 are wending their way through the Minnesota Legislature. These bills are being heavily promoted by a coalition of industrial and environmental groups...
View ArticleContact Gov. Dayton today about frac sand mining
Frac sand mining coming to a head in Minnesota Legislature Minnesotans are putting up a great fight against uncontrolled expansion of frac sand mining in Minnesota. Methods being used range from...
View ArticleRIP Barbara Brenner (Breast Cancer Action)
Barbara Brenner , long time leader of Breast Cancer Action, was a hero of the fight against environmentally-related cancer–among many other matters–and a consistent challenger of the profit-oriented...
View ArticleLetter about frac sand mining send to Goodhue County officials
Alan Muller 1110 West Avenue Red Wing, Minnesota, USA 55066 302.299.6783 amuller@dca.net May 20, 2013 Members of the Goodhue County Planning Advisory Commission The Commissioners of Goodhue County...
View ArticleDocuments about the proposed wood burner in Phillips neighborhood,...
The project, thankfully, is dead, but discussions of it keep coming up. So I’m using this post to link to some relevant documents: A set of letters endorsing the project, from R. T. Rybak, Mayor of...
View Article“Burning garbage: Bad for children”
Nice piece by Lara Norkus-Crampton on the harm done by burning garbage: http://southsidepride.com/2013/08/articles/Burning-garbage-bad-for-children.html Burning garbage: Bad for children BY LARA...
View ArticlePermanent shutdown of Vermont Yankee nuke plant announced–Monticello should...
Xcel’s Monticello nuke plant deserves the same fate, ASAP This is significant to Minnesota as Vermont Yankee is similar in age and design to the Monticello nuke and also to the four destroyed...
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