Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday signed the Omnibus Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance bill.
The bill includes language aimed at keeping the mammoth project viable.
Under the language, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency commissioners must wait at least two years after the termination of state mineral leases at the site before beginning action to terminate environmental permits associated with the project.
âIt s very important in the event that Mesabi Metallics does not go forward with the current project that the permits do not expire if Mesabi Metallics declares bankruptcy,â Sen. David Tomassoni of Chisholm said. âThe only thing that can happen on that site is a project that is the same, so it makes sense to keep the permits valid so the next company to take over doesn t have to go through an extensive environmental review to do the same project that is already permitted.â
Creation of Wild Rice Stewardship Council withers at legislature
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Legislative deal would exempt Cohasset project from some environmental review
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Southern Baptist Vote Signals Further Fractures in American Evangelicalism
The establishment narrowly headed off a takeover attempt by a hard-right movement. Some backers of the losing candidate are now considering leaving altogether.
Leaders of an ultraconservative insurgency in the Southern Baptist Convention characterize its president, J.D. Greear, and his newly elected successor, Ed Litton, as moderate, or even progressive.Credit.Mark Humphrey/Associated Press
June 16, 2021
NASHVILLE Southern Baptists agree that the Bible is divinely inspired and without error, that belief in Jesus is the only way to Heaven, that women may not serve as head pastors, and that true marriage is between one man and one woman.
A great reckoning in the Southern Baptist Convention is about to take place
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