Home | Staff Directory

Recent content from Tom Meersman

• Plan for coal-fired plant in South Dakota shelved
  The Big Stone II project has been at the center of an environmental debate since it was announced in 2004.
  Nov 2, 2009
• Proposal to tap aquifer raises concern
  Rules that protect the 900-foot-deep Mount Simon-Hinckley aquifer in the metro don't apply to Chisago County, where LS Power wants to build a $300 million to $500 million power plant.
  Nov 2, 2009
• Trouble in nature's laboratory
  The world's longest study of a predator-prey relationship has brought disturbing news. Should man intervene when nature makes it a struggle to survive?
  Oct 30, 2009
• Iron Range copper mine project inches ahead
  Environmentalists worry about water pollution from a proposed Iron Range copper mine, but a plant official says the method is safe.
  Oct 29, 2009
• Yard waste bags are going green
  Black plastic yard bags are on their way out. State law will require compostable bags for most of the metro area.
  Oct 20, 2009
• Feds: $320M to clean up Mississippi
  The federal effort involving Minnesota and 11 other states is aimed at shrinking Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone"
  Sep 25, 2009
• Earth is reaching its breaking point, U scientists warn
  U scientists join others in warning that people may have the planet near environmental breaking point.
  Sep 23, 2009
• Final phase of arsenic cleanup starts in Minneapolis
  Crews began removing contaminated soil at nearly 500 houses in south Minneapolis in what may be the end of a lengthy cleanup.
  Sep 9, 2009
• Robbers hit two backyard gatherings in Minneapolis
  Gunmen shot one man in south Minneapolis during armed robberies at two gatherings.
  Sep 6, 2009
• Apostle Islands in for changes?
  A new plan for the popular vacation spot would make it easier for people to visit the islands, but some oppose campground moves.
  Sep 6, 2009

Next page