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WaterLegacy in the News
Dead mine walking
Duluth Reader | June 20, 2024
“This is the story of [the PolyMet] proposed copper-nickel mine, and how at stage after stage the agencies empowered to protect the state’s people and natural resources have instead flouted environmental laws to aid foreign mining corporations in ways that could have catastrophic results.”
OPINION: Environmental laws only work if they are enforced
Star Tribune | June 20, 2024
Don Arnosti (WaterLegacy), Margaret Levin (Sierra Club) and Laurie Schneider (Pollinator Friendly Alliance) ask “How much do polluters get to damage our environment and health before the Walz administration stops them?”
Environmental groups call out Walz over ‘polluter capture’
MinnPost | June 11, 2024
““This isn’t just a matter of opinion,” stated Paula Maccabee, advocacy director and counsel for WaterLegacy, in the written announcement. “We know capture of state agencies is a serious problem because both Minnesota courts and federal agencies have had to step in where our state agencies failed to follow the law, control toxic pollution, or protect Minnesota health and water quality.”
The coalition pointed to what it sees as a tendency for regulatory agencies to help move projects through the permitting process rather than requiring compliance with environmental protection law.”
Environmental groups say Minnesota failed to stop polluters, should hold statehouse hearings on enforcement
Star Tribune | June 10, 2024
“Now, the coalition of 16 groups is urging lawmakers to hold hearings on the state’s environmental protections, and make state agency leaders in Gov. Tim Walz’s administration answer for several recent episodes.”
MEDIA RELEASE: Environmental Organizations Catalog Walz Administration’s Repeated Failures to Stop Polluters
People Not Polluters | June 10, 2024
“Longtime environmental advocate Don Arnosti said, “These are not isolated incidents. Again and again, state agencies refuse to use the tools the legislature has provided to protect Minnesotans and our environment.” Arnosti said the problem of polluter capture is not new, adding, “Governor Walz didn’t create this problem, but he needs to fix it. Instead, it is getting worse on his watch. So the Legislature needs to hold hearings.””
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