• According to the Winona Post, the Land Stewardship Project (LSP) made a move to join the legal battle over Winona County’s frac sand ban. Attorneys for LSP filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the county’s ban on mining sand for industrial purposes. If the motion is granted, LSP “will defend the lawsuit shoulder-to-shoulder with the county,”…
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Minnesota Governor Won’t Issue Frac Sand Moratorium
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton received more than 6,000 petition signatures asking him to issue a frac sand moratorium in that state. But Dayton said he can’t personally block the frac sand industry from expanding in southeastern Minnesota, rebuffing a group of mining opponents that delivered a moratorium petition as part of an Earth Day rally at the capitol.
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