There is no safe level of lead consumption. But lead water service lines remain a persistent problem in Minnesota. Our own James Lehner spoke at the House and Senate Capital Investment Committees on the importance of this funding.
We know renewable energy sources are not just cleaner but cheaper because our neighbors are seeing it reflected in their energy bills. The states in our region that are using the most wind and solar are the ones with the lowest electricity rates. Minnesota is on our way there as well. Today, more than half of our electricity comes from clean sources.
In December, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) submitted its report to the Minnesota legislature describing how it will implement the new Community Grants Program.
The DNR will offer two types of Community Grants: a Standard Community Grant for larger, more complex projects, and an Expedited Community Grant for projects already in development that can be completed within one year.
On Wednesday, January 21, the US House of Representatives passed Minnesota Eighth District Congressman Pete Stauber's resolution to overturn the federal 20-year ban on mining in the Boundary Waters watershed.
