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Extraction Stops Here: FUNDRAISER to benefit the Bad River tribe and the...
aexbanner.jpgWed, 05/21/2014 - 6:30pm - 9:00pmYou are invited to a DINNER FUNDRAISER to benefit the Bad River tribe and the Unist'ot’en clan.Support those who are uncompromisingly fighting the...
View ArticleI do not support the proposed DFL pro-mining resolution
Dan BurnsWhich reads like this:Support the creation of jobs through responsible mining in Minnesota. All kinds of mining are different and require specific safeguards. Each kind of mining must meet...
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Frac sand update: Court grants citizens' writ of mandamus to make Houston...
Sally Jo SorensenBluestem has been following the case of the Erickson mine in Houston County. Last week, we posted that the Minnesota EQB tabled Erickson Mine decision; in WI, Pattison Sand Bridgeport...
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OPINION | The hapless versus the horrific: Thoughts on the 2014 state...
edfelien@souths... Southside Pride The state conventions are over. The parties have picked their candidates. The battle has begun, though we haven’t heard much sound and fury yet.The DFL, predictably,...
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COMMUNITY VOICES | Only compromise will stop Minnesota's mining range war
Harlan Christensen Community Voices Like the range wars once fought over water and grazing rights in the western U.S. in the 1800’s, Minnesotan environmentalists and mining supporters are waging a...
View ArticleBetween Hwy. 53's rock and hard place
Conrad deFiebreIt's been four years since owners of the Thunderbird iron mine near Virginia, Minn., told state officials they will have to move Hwy. 53 out of the way to allow expansion of their...
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Does Minnesota Republican frac sand fight reflect Kurt Zellers' rainmakers?...
Sally Jo SorensenWith the Republican gubernatorial primary less than a month away, the campaigns are departing from Gaylord B. Parkinson's 11th Commandment for endorsement battles as they try to...
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Republicans having meta-argument over frac sand mining
Eric Fergusonh/t Politics.mnSo there’s the underlying issue of frac sand mining, and the issue of who correctly construed who, as Republican gubernatorial campaigns go after each other. For the part of...
View ArticleFirst test of 2013 Minnesota frac sand law is successful
Johanna Rupprecht 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...
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Anti-Frac Sand Vigil
anti-frac_sand_vigil_poster.jpgTue, 09/23/2014 - 5:00pmA British mineral extraction intelligence company called Industrial Minerals is hosting its second annual "Frac Sands Conference" on September...
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