Tag: Minnesota - Page 3
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Lifestyle Adjustments, As Poverty Comes To The American Suburbs
The era in which increasing numbers of people were willing to pay a premium for locally grown food or for 'organic' clothing appears to be ending. Poverty has become common in
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'Pretty' Pollution Photos Show Depths of Minnesota Lake's Environmental Distress (Slideshow)
An artistic, abstract image of the pollution plaguing Big Stone Lake. Photo by Mary Taffe. Mary Taffe has lived in Ortonville, Minnesota, on the eastern side of Big Stone Lake, for her entire life. But for the past four summers, her family has been
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Pulp & Paper Industry To Cultivate Genetically Modified Eucalyptus In Southestern USA
I grew up amidst the commercial poplar stands of God's Country. Sure, there were clear cuts; but, in June we got to pick blueberries in last year's openings; and, in summer, wild
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Twins' New Stadium to Cut Water Use in Half
When the year's first calls of "Play ball!" are heard in baseball stadiums around the United States, the Minnesota Twins will be fielding their team on a field that's greener than ever. Among
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North Dakota Threatens Suit Against Minnesota, For Even Thinking About Future Carbon Cost
Two years ago Minnesota made it a rule that electric utilities and power distributors should plan for future capacity expansions and so on by 'taking into account the possibility of a carbon
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St. Olaf Regents Hall Sets Record as Largest Academic Facility to Achieve LEED Platinum
Here is an update on the largest science center ever to strive for LEED Platinum certification: They made it! The St.
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St. Paul, Minn. Vows to Cut Waste From Local Events in Half Within Two Years
If you've ever attended a Minnesota Wild game, gone to the RiverCentre Convention Center for a meeting or festival, seen a concert at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium, or been to a reception at 317 on Rice Park, then you've probably contributed to the more
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Guide to Good Grub in Minneapolis - St. Paul
Do you have to slide on your values when you want to eat a nice meal out on the town? Are you in a smaller town and figure there's not much but fast food around you? How do you find a restaurant that is able
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Can a Dude Ranch Save the Planet and Make Employees Happier?
Sounds like some terrible Office Space bonding experience, or an option on a 401k, right? Well, this "Ranch," of sorts, was actually championed by the employees at Haberman & Associates, a public relations firm in Minneapolis,
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Nate Silver Issues a Challenge to Climate Change Skeptics
Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight, an ace prognosticator and sometimes pundit, seems to be getting a little hot under the collar when it comes to dealing with climate change skeptics. First Silver took it to George Will over his
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Should Parks Have Wifi?
The best entertainment comes from Minnesota; first Michele Bachmann, then Al Franken, and now State Parks with wireless internet. Evidently "The effort to boost state park use came after a survey confirmed what parks officials had been suspecting for
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Ethanol Lobby Grows As Senate Energy Debate Looms
The ethanol industry, long a source of controversy within the green movement, was granted a sort of reprieve when the House voted on the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill. House Ag Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-Minn)
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Man Auctions Own Carbon Offsets on Ebay
We're not sure if this is legal, or if it's the first of its kind, but thanks to Tipster Jason for the scoop on this latest in carbon offsets. Seems where there is a need, there is a market and one man has decided to test this
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US Government Awards Millions To Create "Forest Thinning" Jobs
U.S. Department of the Interior will grant $15 million to 55 projects to "thin overgrown forests" [logging] and remove potential fuels for wildfires on public lands" [so the wood can
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Western Great Lakes States On "Green Power Express" By 2020: Transmission Lines Approved
Greenwire reports, via the New York Times, on a favorable decision by the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, (FERC) for construction of high-power transmission lines from wind farms
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POET Uses Zero-Liquid Discharge System to Reduce Ethanol's Water Demand
With the water required to make corn ethanol again coming into question, this one's apropos: Ethanol producer POET has announced that its Bingham Lake, Minnesota biorefinery is using a new zero-liquid discharge
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More Schools Join the Pay-You-to-Bike Bandwagon
Image via: LA Citystreets Clark U, Rice University, U Minnesota are all launching bike-sharing programs, along with the City of Minneapolis. Towson University has launched several green transportation programs - sadly no bike sharing, yet. Many of the
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North Carolina Law Requires Electric Utility Plant Combustion Of Chicken Poop
The poo-burn requirement is according to a story from the The News & Observer, Activists fight small power plants.
