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COLOR ME GREEN Can Saving Trash Help Raise Money for Your Nonprofit?
If you just leave your bag of garbage by your front door Ill stop by and grab it on my way to work. This probably isnt something most people Facebook message their friends about at 10:00 at night. ...
Posted on 2/22/12 at 9:30 AM
A MINNESOTAN IN CHINA The Arrival
I touched down in China at 9 a.m., August, 28th, 2010 after flying 13 hours across the Pacific to this other hemisphere. Finally. After unsuccessfully trying to sleep sitting up in a cramped coach se...
Posted on 2/18/12 at 8:04 AM
THE FLENSBURGER FILES Copenhagenization: The contagion that could change the way we think of bicycles
Heres a pop quiz for you to consider before you read the column further: What is Copenhagenization and who thought of the idea to begin with? When I first heard of the term Copenhagenization, it wa...
Posted on 10/24/11 at 9:17 AM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Senator says environmentalists are behind mining delays
Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen, R-Alexandria, blames environmentalists for a delay in the state allowing mining companies to explore under some northeastern Minnesota lands. The environmentalists, I think, a...
Posted on 10/17/11 at 10:07 AM
STAFF BLOG THE AREA VOICES COMMUNITY Areavoices Digest #35 - Okay, is it casserole or hotdish?
I had to laugh earlier today when I noticed a thread on one of my Facebook friend's pages. She had taken a picture of a Tator Tot Hotdish she had made. What followed was an hours-long discussion about...
Posted on 6/8/11 at 1:08 PM
Gas prices highest ever for time of year
Gasoline prices have never been higher this time of the year. At $3.53 a gallon, prices are already up 25 cents since Jan. 1. And experts say they could reach a record $4.25 a gallon by late April.
By Chris Kahn , February 18, 2012
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Plans by Grand Forks company for quarry near western Minnesota refuge draws opponents
Strata Corp. of Grand Forks wants to develop a 104-acre quarry adjacent to the Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge between Ortonville and Odessa, Minn., on a 478-acre property that has nine species of rare and endangered plants, including ball cacti found nowhere else in Minnesota.
By Tom Cherveny , February 16, 2012
Battle over what should be done with Minnesota school trust land begins 
Natural vs. economic resources debated with 2.5 million acres at issue.It’s called school trust land. The federal government gave the land to the state more than 150 years ago to raise money for an education trust fund. But some say it’s not building up fast enough. And this week, a battle is heating up at the Capitol in St. Paul with new legislation introduced that would strip control of the school land from the Department of Natural Resources and give it to a trust manager housed in another state agency.
By John Myers , February 14, 2012
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Obama seeks $300 million for Great Lakes environmental cleanup
Congress has appropriated more than $1 billion for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative during the first three years of Obama's presidency. His budget plan released today seeks $300 million more.
By John Flesher , February 13, 2012
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Chemistry, foundation for Minnesota companies focusing on greener living
The CEO and founder of EarthClean, a clean-tech startup in South St. Paul, will pop a fingerful of his company's TetraKO firefighting gel into his mouth to prove it's nontoxic. EarthClean's product, made of 50 percent cornstarch, is a goopy example of how the green-chemistry movement is starting to grow beyond the seed stage.
Renewable, bio-based substitutes for petroleum-derived chemicals have been under development for several years in Minnesota, but now they're finally starting to sell.
By Leslie Brooks Suzukamo , February 12, 2012
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Venezuelan river contaminated after oil spill
Crude oil that spilled from a ruptured pipeline has blackened a river in eastern Venezuela, and the state oil company said workers are containing the spill.
By Associated Press , February 11, 2012
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MPCA says Dayton-ordered streamlined permit process yields success
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says it's achieving a 99 percent success rate in issuing environmental permits for construction of new projects and expansions of existing facilities within 150 days.
By Associated Press , February 07, 2012
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Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., column: Pipeline is in America and N.D.’s interest
"I have worked toward approval of the Keystone XL, first as governor of North Dakota and now as a U.S. senator, because I believe it’s just the kind of project that will grow our economy and create jobs in the right way: through private-sector investment," the U.S. senator writes.
By John Hoeven , February 05, 2012
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Oil drilling in North Dakota Badlands delayed by state board
More than 3,800 acres of state property in North Dakota's scenic Badlands won't be leased for oil drilling while officials develop a policy for reviewing energy exploration on environmentally sensitive land, a state board decided Friday.
By Dale Wetzel , February 03, 2012
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EPA approves N.D.'s plan to protect endangered species
State Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says the federal Environmental Protection Agency is giving North Dakota more of a voice when it comes to protecting endangered species from exposure to pesticides. Goehring says the EPA has approved a plan that will protect endangered species in the state while still being "reasonable" for pesticide users.
By Associated Press , January 31, 2012
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Report: Divide Great Lakes, Mississippi watersheds for invasive species protection
Groups representing states and cities in the Great Lakes region today proposed spending up to $9.5 billion on a massive engineering project to separate the lakes from the Mississippi River watershed in the Chicago area, describing it as the only sure way to protect both aquatic systems from invasions by destructive species such as Asian carp.
By John Flesher , January 31, 2012
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