Misleading at best

June 8, 2021

And something else at worst

Enbridge is coming on strong, and so is the opposition

June 7, 2021

From last week: After a short spring break on mainline construction required by Minnesota regulators, however, Enbridge is now entering a new phase of construction — and a new phase of protests. As the company restarted construction this week, opponents of the project geared up for a wave of larger demonstrations aimed at slowing or […]

by Dan Burns

Pres. Biden doesn’t seem to see a need for PolyMet

May 28, 2021

Or for new mining, sulfide or otherwise, in general. From earlier this week: U.S. President Joe Biden will rely on ally countries to supply the bulk of the metals needed to build electric vehicles and focus on processing them domestically into battery parts, part of a strategy designed to placate environmentalists, two administration officials with […]

by Dan Burns

What kind of year will Minnesota’s farmers have?

May 26, 2021

Heck if I know. For that matter, heck if anyone knows. Some data points (I’m focusing here on Minnesota’s major crops, corn and soybeans, and also meat and dairy): – Corn and soybean prices have spiked. Experts in the soybean market like Davis attribute high corn and soybean prices to poor weather conditions in South […]

by Dan Burns

Gaza: The Final Solution – a reprise

May 16, 2021

The next installment

by Steve Timmer

What Lies Beneath

May 9, 2021

The unstated motivations behind the Page Amendment

by Steve Timmer

It’s past time for PolyMet/Glencore to just give up

May 2, 2021

But they won’t.

by Dan Burns

MN-04: Rep. McCollum keeps trying, on Palestinian rights, vs. a cowardly Congress

April 20, 2021

While I very much enjoy and admire how Rep. Ilhan Omar tells it like it is and pisses people off, in my estimation Rep. Betty McCollum is the best of Minnesota’s current delegation to the U.S. Congress (including the senators). I could certainly nitpick with her record and agenda here and there, but that’s far […]

by Dan Burns

Yes, lift the sanctions. All of them.

April 12, 2021

From last week. Mr. Malley called the Iranian position that Trump’s financial and economic blockade is illegal and must be lifted before Iran would begin taking compliance steps “not serious.” He said, “it’s not going to work that way.” Araghchi fired back, “Mr. Malley’s remarks show the lack of seriousness on the part of the […]

by Dan Burns

I found a cool website about social media and politics

April 2, 2021

Lazy you-know-what that I am, I’m generally at least a few months behind in reading Scientific American. Earlier this week I finished the December 2020 issue, which included an article (Maybe paywalled? I was able to access it online, perhaps as a “free view.” I’m a print subscriber) co-authored by a principal of the Indiana […]

by Dan Burns

Enbridge truly is a bunch of despicable greedheads

March 26, 2021

This is pending appeal, so it isn’t a done deal, yet. But it seems to be headed that way. Minnesota counties that host Enbridge’s oil pipelines say they are again looking at a budget-busting debacle after two recent tax court rulings in favor of the Canadian company. Enbridge’s appeals of its state tax valuations have […]

by Dan Burns

Same song, thousandth verse

March 19, 2021

A sulfide mining fan sings an old song

by Steve Timmer