Energy Video Replay-“The War On Science” Pits Facts Vs. Politics By Michael McIntee | June 7, 2016 Why do so many politicians and policy makers ignore science? Book author Shawn Otto and reporter Don Shelby discuss tonight.
Environment PolyMet Mine Final Decision Long Way Off Even After Environmental Study OK By Text By Cirien Saadeh, Video By Bill Sorem | March 4, 2016 Environmentalists call the DNR action “premature,” and say the bulk of the permitting discussions will now happen in “back rooms” between regulators and PolyMet.
Environment Video Replay – Gov Dayton “Undecided” On Polymet By Video by Bill Sorem, text by Michael McIntee | March 3, 2016 Governor Mark Dayton says he is “genuinely undecided” the PolyMet mine issue. Earlier the Department of Natural Resources said the environmental impact studies around the mine meets the state’s standards for adequacy.
DC Obama: Flint Shows You Can’t “Shortchange” On Basic Gov’t Services By Michael McIntee | January 20, 2016 President Obama says the water contamination in Flint, Michigan “is a reminder that you cannot shortchange basic services that we provide to our people.”
Environment Watch 25 Years Of Arctic Ice Vanish In 1 Minute By Michael McIntee | December 27, 2015 The “arctic amplification” of climate change remained in full swing in 2015, according to the Arctic Report Card. Watch how warmer waters fed by a growing amount of man-made carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reduced old ice to just 3% of the arctic ice pack.
Cuba Obama’s Letterman-Like Top 10 List For 2015 By Michael McIntee | December 19, 2015 President Obama “in the spirit of 2015 retiree David Letterman” releases a top 10 list for 2015. Did your issue make the list?
Environment Oil Pipeline Regulation Process “Not Working” Say Environmentalists By Text by Michael McIntee, Video by Kristin Larsen | December 12, 2015 Activists say Enbridge doesn’t want a conversation about expanding its oil pipelines that are carrying crude that poses an extra environmental risk if spilled into Minnesota waterways.
DC Obama: Climate Change Agreement “Turning Point For The World” – Video And Full Transcript Of Statement By Michael McIntee | December 12, 2015 Obama says the agreement signed by 200 countries in Paris is not perfect. The problem is not solved. But he believes it can be a “turning point for the world.”
Environment Public Comments, Then Possibly Permits For Controversial PolyMet Mine By Michael McIntee | November 6, 2015 A long awaited Environmental Impact Statement says a proposed PolyMet mine “meets all state standards” on the environment, but it still has an environmental risk.
DC Obama Rejects Keystone Pipeline- Full Video Of Statement By Michael McIntee | November 6, 2015 A seven year environmental battle over the Keystone pipeline has ended with the Obama administration rejecting it because it is not in the national interest.
Environment Downstream Business Coalition Asks Dayton To Oppose PolyMet Mine By Text by Michael McIntee, Video By Kristin Larsen | October 23, 2015 A group of small business owners say long-term damage to the environment and the economy outweigh the short-term benefits jobs from a proposed PolyMet copper mine.
Environment Dayton To Visit Mines As Environmentalists Brace For DNR’s Statement On PolyMet By Video By Bill Sorem, Text By Michael McIntee | October 15, 2015 Governor Dayton plans to visit mining sites as environmentalists ramp up their opposition to the proposed PolyMet mine and everyone waits on the final Environmental Impact Statement.
Environment “You Can’t Make A Safe Mine” Says Activist LaDuke On PolyMet By Video By Bill Sorem, Text By Michael McIntee | October 14, 2015 “There is not a mining waste fairy,” says environmental activist Winona LaDuke. “I don’t want mercury in my water.”
Environment Stop PolyMet Rally – Video Replay By Bill Sorem | October 13, 2015 Environmental groups opposed to PolyMet’s proposed sulfide mine in northern Minnesota rallied Tuesday and then marched to the Department of Natural Resources, the state agency in charge of the project’s environmental review.
DC Pope Urges Climate Change Action By Michael McIntee | September 23, 2015 Pope Francis took on the issue of climate change while addressing a crowd at the White House. He says solving climate change is urgent and “can no longer be left to a future generation.”
Environment Walleye Special Session Not As Likely After Abrupt Adjournment By Michael McIntee | August 13, 2015 Governor Dayton says he’s “disappointed” a group of Minnesota lawmakers working on how to assist businesses around Mille Lacs Lake abruptly adjourned with it’s chair Rep. Tom Hackbarth (R) saying there is no need for a special session.
Environment Dayton Puts Citizens Panel Back In Environmental Policy Decisions By Video by Bill Sorem, text by Michael McIntee | August 4, 2015 Governor Mark Dayton is putting citizen input back into Minnesota’s environmental policy, partially reversing action the legislature took this past session.
Energy Polar Explorer Steger Urges MN To Cut Back On Coal Burning, Use Clean Energy Instead By Video by Bill Sorem, text by Michael McIntee | June 17, 2015 Minnesotan Will Steger has been to both poles and has seen firsthand the effects of climate change. He is urging lawmakers in his home state to move ahead with a federal initiative called the Clean Power Plan to cut back coal burning that speeds the effects of climate change.
Environment Dayton Says Environmental Changes Not A Step Backward By Michael McIntee | June 13, 2015 Governor Mark Dayton agrees with fellow DFLers that some of the provisions in an environmental bill were “terrible” but says it is not a step backward for the environment.
Environment 10,000 Year Old Ice Shelf About To Vanish By NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | May 15, 2015 A new NASA study finds the last remaining section of Antarctica’s Larsen B Ice Shelf, which partially collapsed in 2002, is quickly weakening and is likely to disintegrate completely before the end of the decade.
DC Obama: “Climate Change Can No Longer Be Denied or Ignored” By Michael McIntee | April 18, 2015 More wheezing asthmatic kids, the Florida Everglades wiped out, a risk to national security – those are just a few of the looming and very real impacts of climate change President Obama outlined in a warning aimed at getting action to reverse it.
Energy MN Doctors Warn Against Rolling Back Energy Policy Changes By Michael McIntee | April 8, 2015 Minnesota doctors hold a news conference about an open letter they plan to deliver to every member of the House and Senate, the Twin Cities Medical Society states that emissions of power plants “are adversely affecting our environment and impacting the health of Minnesota’s communities.”
Environment NASA Predicts 20-40 Year Megadroughts In US Because Of Man-Made Climate Change By Michael McIntee | February 12, 2015 Droughts in the U.S. Southwest and Central Plains at the end of this century could be drier and longer compared to drought conditions seen in those regions in the last 1,000 years, according to a new NASA study.
Environment Your Skin Cleanser Could Be Killing The Environment By Michael McIntee | February 9, 2015 Senator John Marty says microplastics and microbeads used in personal products such as skin cleansers are poisoning Minnesota’s environment because they can’t be screened out at water treatment plants. He wants them banned. The bill advanced Tuesday on a voice vote of the Senate Environment and Energy Committee.
Environment Wolves Endangered, Need Legal Protections Say Howling For Wolves Group By Bill Sorem | February 9, 2015 Recent court rulings have placed the Minnesota wolf back on the “threatened species” list. Wolf supporters would like to see it put back on the “endangered species” list to further protect it.
