Southeast Minnesota struggles for common ground on nitrate pollution as health worries rise
Some environmental groups say nitrate contamination has reached the point of a public health emergency, and they want the federal government to step in.
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Some environmental groups say nitrate contamination has reached the point of a public health emergency, and they want the federal government to step in.
Some environmental groups say nitrate contamination has reached the point of a public health emergency, and they want the federal government to step in.
In a petition filed in April, environmental groups asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to use its emergency powers under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act to intervene in what they call an “imminent and substantial endangerment to human health.”
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has decided to unlock $21.6 million in wildlife habitat grants threatened by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resource's handling of logging contracts on public hunting lands. In a letter this week to DNR Commissioner Sarah Strommen, Acting Regional Director Chuck Traxler of the Fish and Wildlife Service said he's confident the DNR's "future actions'' will ...
MAMMEE BAY, St Ann — Chalky Hill Primary and Infant School in Steer Town, St Ann, in partnership with Sandals Foundation, last Thursday hosted a memorable event to mark International Peace Day. ...