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Twin Cities Daily Planet: Rep. Rick Nolan uses "turds" to describe past Minnesota water qualityPosted Oct 08, 2014Yesterday’s 8th Congressional District candidates debate in Duluth between Rep. Rick Nolan (DFL) and challengers Stewart Mills (GOP) and Ray Skip Sandman (Green) touched on several topics, including social security reformation, gun regulation and oil pipeline expansion. But the highlight of the debate was easily when Rep. Nolan used the word “turds” to help prove a point as he described just how bad Minnesota’s water quality used to be.
Rick Nolan: “I grew up in...
Read More » MPR: Northern Minnesota lakefront owners argue over water levelsPosted Oct 07, 2014In 1987, the fishing resort Kec's Kove on Lake Kabetogama had a big problem: Early in the season, the lake's water level was so low that it had moved a few hundred yards from its dock.
"I had to haul the boats to the water with a four wheeler out over the dried lake bed," owner Larry Kec said.
That was a record year, but low water levels had been common on Kabetogama for decades. Kec's resort and about 30 others often lost the first month of the fishing season, simply because they had to work...
Read More » SCTimes: Minnesota cities sue MPCA over water quality rulesPosted Oct 03, 2014MINNEAPOLIS – Three groups representing Minnesota cities plan to sue the state Pollution Control Agency in an effort to change new water-quality rules that aim to reduce phosphorus emissions in waterways.
The Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities, the League of Minnesota Cities and the Minnesota Environmental Science and Economic Review Board planned to file the challenge with the Minnesota Court of Appeals on Friday. The new standards deserve an additional peer review because they...
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