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With deadline looming, workers at Iron Range mines await word on contract talks
Five taconite mines on Minnesota's Iron Range and two in Michigan could shut down at midnight Friday if the plants' owners and the United Steelworkers union don't agree on new contracts.
Friday, August, 31, 2012 - Associated Press - News
Five taconite mines on Minnesota's Iron Range and two in Michigan could shut down at midnight Friday if the plants' owners and the United Steelworkers union don't agree on new contracts.
Friday, August, 31, 2012 - Associated Press - News
Minnesota DNR gets new minerals chief
Jess Richards, an 18-year veteran of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, will take over as head of the DNR division in charge of mining related activities and regulation starting Monday.
Thursday, August, 30, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Jess Richards, an 18-year veteran of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, will take over as head of the DNR division in charge of mining related activities and regulation starting Monday.
Thursday, August, 30, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
No progress reported in Iron Range mine labor negotiations
The United Steelworkers union and five of Minnesota's six taconite plants are scrambling to reach a new labor agreement as they seek to avert a strike that would affect 2,770 workers across the state's Iron Range.
Thursday, August, 30, 2012 - Minneapolis Star Tribune / MCT - News
The United Steelworkers union and five of Minnesota's six taconite plants are scrambling to reach a new labor agreement as they seek to avert a strike that would affect 2,770 workers across the state's Iron Range.
Thursday, August, 30, 2012 - Minneapolis Star Tribune / MCT - News
More time sought to study federal taconite emissions plan
Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency heard a plea Wednesday for more time to study a federal plan for reducing emissions from taconite plants that create haze over Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Voyageurs National Park.
Thursday, August, 30, 2012 - Associated Press - News
Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency heard a plea Wednesday for more time to study a federal plan for reducing emissions from taconite plants that create haze over Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Voyageurs National Park.
Thursday, August, 30, 2012 - Associated Press - News
Deadline nears as Steelworker talks continue
Cliffs threatens replacement workers if no deal is reached by Saturday.
Wednesday, August, 29, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Cliffs threatens replacement workers if no deal is reached by Saturday.
Wednesday, August, 29, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Beyond wild rice: When sulfate goes up, so do mercury, phosphates
Even if scientists, regulators, politicians and industry leaders find common ground on how much sulfate is too much for wild rice, the issue of sulfate in Minnesota waterways isn’t going away.
Sunday, August, 26, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Even if scientists, regulators, politicians and industry leaders find common ground on how much sulfate is too much for wild rice, the issue of sulfate in Minnesota waterways isn’t going away.
Sunday, August, 26, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Who cares about wild rice study? Let’s start with the mining industry
In canning jars, cattle troughs and 100 lakes across Minnesota, scientists are working at breakneck speed to unravel the relationship between the state’s iconic wild rice plant and something called sulfate.
Sunday, August, 26, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
In canning jars, cattle troughs and 100 lakes across Minnesota, scientists are working at breakneck speed to unravel the relationship between the state’s iconic wild rice plant and something called sulfate.
Sunday, August, 26, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
EPA: Minnesota taconite plants must cut smokestack emissions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new air pollution regulations for Minnesota’s taconite industry that go beyond what state regulators had called for.
Friday, August, 17, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new air pollution regulations for Minnesota’s taconite industry that go beyond what state regulators had called for.
Friday, August, 17, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Feds say Minnesota taconite plants must clean up furnaces
The new federal implementation plan will require Minnesota's six taconite plants to install technology to reduce smokestack emissions that cause haze and lung ailments, namely nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide.
Friday, August, 17, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
The new federal implementation plan will require Minnesota's six taconite plants to install technology to reduce smokestack emissions that cause haze and lung ailments, namely nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide.
Friday, August, 17, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Good news for Excelsior Energy
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission unanimously agreed Tuesday that permits issued to Excelsior Energy two years ago for a flexible-fuel power plant should suffice for the construction of the natural gas-fired power plant the company is working toward now.
Wednesday, August, 15, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission unanimously agreed Tuesday that permits issued to Excelsior Energy two years ago for a flexible-fuel power plant should suffice for the construction of the natural gas-fired power plant the company is working toward now.
Wednesday, August, 15, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Utilities commission OKs permit for Itasca County power plant
Opponents including the Sierra Club and a citizens’ activist group argued that the permits should not be approved for the revised project without further review.
Wednesday, August, 15, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Opponents including the Sierra Club and a citizens’ activist group argued that the permits should not be approved for the revised project without further review.
Wednesday, August, 15, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
DNR seeks comments on Minntac extension
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is seeking public comments on an environmental assessment worksheet for the proposed 483-acre expansion of U.S. Steel’s open pit Minntac taconite mine in Mountain Iron.
Friday, August, 10, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is seeking public comments on an environmental assessment worksheet for the proposed 483-acre expansion of U.S. Steel’s open pit Minntac taconite mine in Mountain Iron.
Friday, August, 10, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Minnesota Power buys time for old coal plants
Minnesota Power will get more time to decide the future of two of its older coal-fired power plants after action by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission on Thursday in St. Paul.
Friday, August, 10, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Minnesota Power will get more time to decide the future of two of its older coal-fired power plants after action by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission on Thursday in St. Paul.
Friday, August, 10, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Minnesota Power buys time for old coal plants
The Duluth-based utility company has until March to form a plan for Hoyt Lakes and Taconite Harbor.
Thursday, August, 09, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
The Duluth-based utility company has until March to form a plan for Hoyt Lakes and Taconite Harbor.
Thursday, August, 09, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Iron Range board set to approve $1.3 million in loans, grants for projects
Members of the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board are set to meet Thursday in Eveleth, where they are expected to approve more than $1.3 million in loan and grant projects to spur new jobs across the taconite tax relief area.
Wednesday, August, 08, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Members of the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board are set to meet Thursday in Eveleth, where they are expected to approve more than $1.3 million in loan and grant projects to spur new jobs across the taconite tax relief area.
Wednesday, August, 08, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
IRRRB set to approve loans, grants for Range projects
The money will go to private companies to expand, add jobs and protect existing jobs as well as Iron Range cities to improve infrastructure.
Tuesday, August, 07, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
The money will go to private companies to expand, add jobs and protect existing jobs as well as Iron Range cities to improve infrastructure.
Tuesday, August, 07, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Rukavina's seat in Minnesota House up for grabs
When longtime incumbent Tom Rukavina decided in May not to seek re-election to the Minnesota House for the district that covers the eastern half of the Iron Range, political wonks predicted a rush of candidates vying to take his place.
Tuesday, August, 07, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
When longtime incumbent Tom Rukavina decided in May not to seek re-election to the Minnesota House for the district that covers the eastern half of the Iron Range, political wonks predicted a rush of candidates vying to take his place.
Tuesday, August, 07, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News
Our view: Give Anderson a run at Cravaack
While his nationally known opponents have been raking in cash and collecting endorsements from all over, Duluth’s Jeff Anderson has been quietly and steadily — one parade and one conversation at a time — building support among those he’d actually represent: residents and others in Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District.
Monday, August, 06, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - Opinion
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While his nationally known opponents have been raking in cash and collecting endorsements from all over, Duluth’s Jeff Anderson has been quietly and steadily — one parade and one conversation at a time — building support among those he’d actually represent: residents and others in Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District.
Monday, August, 06, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - Opinion
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