Franken, Bond, McCollum Introduce Thermal Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act
Posted on 21. Jul, 2010 by Release in Environment, US Congress, United States of America
WASHINGTON, D.C. [07/21/10] – Today, U.S. Sens. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Kit Bond (R-Mo.), and Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) introduced the bi-partisan Thermal Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act. The Thermal Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act would offer incentives to increase the use of district energy and combined heat and power systems to heat and cool [...]
Tour with a twist: Attractive gardens promote clean water
Posted on 14. Jul, 2010 by Release in City of Shoreview, Community, Environment, Events, People
Want to visit attractive gardens with a practical purpose in life? Landscaping for clean water will again be the theme of the free, self-guided Shoreview Green Community Awards Tour, which will be held from 12:30 until 5 p.m. Saturday, July 31, and Sunday, Aug. 1, in Shoreview and Roseville. Rain gardens, shoreline buffers and habitat [...]
Save our lakes: letter to the editor by Kathy Tomsich
Posted on 07. Jul, 2010 by Letter to the Editor in Elections, Environment, Letter to the Editor, Politics, State Legislature
The informative series “Losing Our Lakes” published June 20-22 in the Star Tribune revealed that the degradation of Minnesota lakes and rivers is often caused by people who live near or recreate on these bodies of waters. It documented the inadequacy of local government enforcement as illustrated by the frequency with which variances are given [...]
Upcoming Asher speech July 7th on Clean, Renewable Energy: Why Development Can’t Wait
Posted on 21. Jun, 2010 by Chris Dohman in Environment
An upcoming speech on July 7th by Louis Asher will address the urgency urgency for clean, renewable energy. Oil spills and potential global warming aren’t the only reasons the U.S. urgently needs clean, renewable energy, according to Louis Asher, member of the Shoreview Green Community. Asher will address other reasons at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 7, [...]
Scalze’s coal tar bill to be heard by committee
Posted on 05. May, 2010 by Chris Dohman in Bills, Environment, State Legislature
Rep. Bev Scalze HD54B is chief author of a bill which would prohibit the use of coal tar products on asphalt, concrete, or other pavement in Minnesota. The bill will be heard for the first time today by the Environment Policy and Oversight Committee to at a 9:00 am scheduled meeting this morning. The bill was first [...]
Gardner’s Minnesota Product Stewardship bill to be heard by committee
Posted on 05. May, 2010 by Chris Dohman in Bills, Environment, State Legislature
Rep. Paul Gardner HD53A is chief author of the Minnesota Product Stewardship bill which will be heard by the Environment Policy and Oversight Committee at a 9:00 am scheduled meeting this morning. The bill would create a product stewardship framework operated and funded by producers to collect, recycle, and dispose of products at the end [...]
Rep. Gardner to speak on Earth Day at new recycling facility
Posted on 19. Apr, 2010 by Release in Environment, state
State Rep. Paul Gardner (DFL-Shoreview) will be the keynote speaker at the grand opening of International Paper recycling facility at 2425 Terminal Road, Roseville, on Earth Day, April 22nd. The event will run between 11:30 and 1:00. Rep. Gardner worked in the recycling industry for almost a decade before his election to the Minnesota House of [...]
Disposing of medicines can be tricky in Minnesota
Posted on 11. Feb, 2010 by Chris Dohman in Environment, Other Source, State Legislature
by AP | KSTP TV
Could Minnesota Start a Take-Back Trend for Pills?
Posted on 11. Feb, 2010 by Chris Dohman in Environment, Other Source, State Legislature
by Jaymi Heimbuch | TreeHugger
Snail Lake water level up six inches
Posted on 21. Jan, 2010 by Chris Dohman in Environment, Public Works
32 million gallons of water were pumped into Snail Lake last fall raising the water level six inches. Pumping was suspended when ice formed on the lakes and will resume this spring after the ice is out. Water has been pumped from Sucker Lake into Snail Lake since 1994 because of the ongoing low water [...]
