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WaterLegacy in the News
Earth Day rally held at Minnesota Capitol
ABC 6 News | April 22, 2025
“Dozens of people took Mother Earth to the Minnesota Capitol on Tuesday, filling the Rotunda to rally for Earth Day.
Friends of the Boundary Waters and other groups called for more protections for natural resources and the community.”
Dozens rally at Minnesota Capitol on Earth Day, urging policies protecting environment
WCCO News | April 22, 2025
“Dozens of Minnesotans gathered at the state capitol on Tuesday for an Earth Day rally, urging policymakers to double down on curbing climate change and protecting Minnesota’s natural resources.”
Minnesota court upholds wild rice sulfate limits downstream of mine
Duluth News Tribune | March 31, 2025
“Paula Maccabee, executive director and counsel for environmental group WaterLegacy, celebrated the court’s decision.
“It’s just a very simple opinion, it’s really easy to understand, and basically, it’s telling the MPCA, ‘You did the right thing to regulate, and you’re not stuck with that equation that was thrown out by the administrative law judge,'” Maccabee said, referring to the MPCA’s previous attempt at replacing the 10 ppm sulfate limit with a formula that would have included the water’s organic carbon and iron content. The agency withdrew its rule change proposal in 2018 after an administrative law judge said it was “unconstitutionally void for vagueness.””
MEDIA RELEASE: Court Upholds Denial of "Site Specific" Sulfate Standard for Hay Lake Downstream of U.S. Steel Keetac Mine Pollution
WaterLegacy | March 31, 2025
Today, the Minnesota Court of Appeals issued a unanimous decision affirming the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) decision denying U.S. Steel a “site-specific” standard that would have been nearly eight times less stringent than Minnesota’s wild rice sulfate standard of 10 parts per million. U.S. Steel had appealed the MPCA’s decision, arguing that the MPCA was required to apply the equation rejected in administrative hearings in 2018, rather than analyzing recent literature and the condition of wild rice in Hay Lake.
DNR Dilemma
Ampers / North Star Stories | March 14, 2025
“The appeal court’s ruling now faces an uncertain future as the case moves to the Minnesota Supreme Court, the outcome remains pivotal. This could either stand as a significant step toward legal accountability and heighten scrutiny on these issues, or it could be reversed, leaving critical environmental and safety concerns unresolved.”
—R. Vincent Moniz Jr.
R. Vincent Moniz Jr. of Ampers / North Star Stories spoke with WaterLegacy Executive Director and Counsel Paula Maccabee about WaterLegacy’s ongoing litigation on Mile Post 7.
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