Lost in translation

February 2, 2021

The proposed MPCA rules will damage the ability of Indian tribes and environmental nonprofits to enforce the Clean Water Act

by Steve Timmer

All the copper mining happy dancing is premature

September 11, 2020

Pay no attention to the EPA staffer with a gag over his mouth

by Steve Timmer

Emmer, Stauber dinged in Twin Metals lawsuit

September 9, 2020

I’ve added some new polling of the state.

by Dan Burns

There’s something rotten in Minnesota, a reprise

September 6, 2020

A story from September of 2019

by Steve Timmer

The DNR and PCA don’t deserve a pass from the Supreme Court

July 25, 2020

Important cases are pending before the Minnesota high court

by Steve Timmer

MN-08: Ditching Rep. Stauber, Part 1

July 18, 2020

I live in MN-08, though so close to its south boundary that if I was literally less than a half-mile south of where I’m sitting at my desk right now I’d be in MN-06. Which would in a way make this easier, because Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN-06) is, given his obnoxious, arrogant demeanor, and the […]

by Dan Burns

Twin Metals gets slapped back

June 26, 2020

At least, I hope that’s how we can interpret this. Minnesota environmental regulators have published nearly 800 comments on the Twin Metals plan to build a copper-nickel mine just outside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota, deeming the company’s project proposal “incomplete.” The state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says it needs […]

by Dan Burns

Minnesota firms seek, and get, waivers to spew toxins

June 18, 2020

You’ve probably seen that the Environmental Protection Agency, which is essentially being destroyed thanks to the relentless corruption and mind-bogglingly pitiful stupidity of Trump and his Buffoon Brigade, was told a while back to essentially stop enforcing environmental protection laws, under cover of the COVID-19 pandemic. And you have to be awfully naive, not to […]

by Dan Burns

Bad court ruling, by Trump flunky, puts the BWCA at further risk

March 19, 2020

What a load of crap. A federal district court judge has ruled in favor of the Trump administration’s decision to reinstate federal mineral leases that could eventually lead to a sulfide-based copper-nickel mine near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. The decision, issued Monday, was not a surprise to opponents of the mine, who had expected […]

by Dan Burns

On attempts to sell clean water down the river

February 25, 2020

We don’t need no stinkin’ sulfide mine

by Steve Timmer

A shameless pitch for Drinking Liberally on February 6th

February 3, 2020

Fourteen years of bullshit -the eBook

by Steve Timmer

The incomplete evolution of Lee Schafer

February 1, 2020

Strolling down PolyMet Avenue with Lee

by Steve Timmer