Minnesota Appeals Court Nixes Air Permit for Copper-Nickel Mine courthousenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from courthousenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Both sides declared victory following a Minnesota Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that affirms the Court of Appeals’ rejection of PolyMet Mining’s permit for a proposed copper-nickel mine near Babbitt and Hoyt Lakes.
The decision remands the case back to the state’s Department of Natural Resources for a contested case hearing. The agency also was ordered to fix a definite term or duration for the permit if one is granted in the future.
Several environmental groups and the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, respondents in the case, labeled the ruling “pivotal” and “a resounding victory” for communities at risk to pollution from the mine. They called Wednesday’s ruling “crippling [to] the company’s sulfide mining proposal in Northeastern Minnesota.”
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A seemingly uncontroversial bipartisan bill that would solicit ideas to make school transportation and facilities more efficient turned into a clash between the legislature and school districts at a hearing this week.
The idea is so nascent, the bill’s author said it is unclear what proposals it might elicit. The bill does not specify what efficiencies it is seeking. It calls for ideas for creating new structures for managing transportation or building operations, and one possibility mentioned in the House is that neighboring districts could share bus services.
But education lobbyists and district officials from across Indiana bristled, seeing the bill as a way to leave schools out of financial conversations or force them to consolidate or outsource services. The proposal also struck them as the state trying to stick schools with the bill for increasing teacher pay.
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Teens tackle Covid-19 issues at the virtual BTYSTE 2021
While Covid-19 sent the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition online, many student projects focused on pandemic-related effects and solutions.
Covid-19 has been in Ireland for almost a year now and, with continuing restrictions, the 2021 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE) looks very different to last year’s event.
Now on a completely virtual platform, the event is free to public visitors from all over the world and features 550 student projects tackling a wide variety of issues.
President Michael D Higgins opened the event today (6 January), praising the student scientists for their curiosity and determination.