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Collin Peterson and ag chairs propose $23 billion in cuts
Four leaders of congressional agriculture committees sent a letter to congressional “super committee” members proposing $23 billion in agricultural cuts Monday. The cuts would come in the Farm Bill,...
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TransCanada promises environmental safety if Keystone XL pipeline is approved
TransCanada, owners of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, promised Nebraska state legislators this week to take additional steps to protect environmental safety if the project is approved by the...
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Obama hires lobbyist who pushed Keystone pipeline and Comcast merger
President Obama’s 2012 campaign has a new senior adviser — a former lobbyist for the company pushing the Keystone XL pipeline, who also lobbied for Comcast throughout the period that the media...
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Subsidized corn ethanol’s Catch 22
Source: istockphoto.com Pumping that golden elixir — corn-ethanol — into the gas tank can do a world of good, or so goes the argument. It relieves the U.S. from dependency on foreign oil, some reports...
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Agency approves U.S. Steel taconite permits despite some environmental concerns
Source: Flickr, jimmywayne The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Citizens Board unanimously approved water quality permits for an expansion of a taconite facility on the Iron Range Tuesday. The...
View ArticleHuman rights lawsuit reinstated against mining company with Minnesota site
A U.S. federal appeals court reinstated a lawsuit claiming that mining giant Rio Tinto, which owns a company that is exploring a non-ferrous mining site in northeast Minnesota, violated human rights...
View ArticleHouse passes bill giving Arizona land to mining company; Minnesota delegation...
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill that authorizes the transfer of 2,400 acres of Arizona federal forest land to the UK and Australia-based mining company, Rio Tinto. In a 235-186...
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Franken urged USDA to abandon limits on starchy veggies in school lunches
In the run-up to last month’s Senate vote that likely denied the USDA the right to limit potatoes in school lunches, U.S. Sen. Al Franken and eight other Democratic senators from potato-growing regions...
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EPA requires gas and oil companies to disclose release of potentially deadly gas
Source: lindsey gee, Flickr The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that next year it will require oil and gas companies to publicly disclose the release of hydrogen sulfide...
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Minn. and Wis. legislators urge Congress to vote against St. Croix bridge
Thirty Minnesota and Wisconsin state legislators signed a letter urging their congressional delegations to vote against construction of a nearly $700 million bridge across the St. Croix River near...
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