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Minnesota pollution regulator resigns before Senate vote


Photo: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
KAAL-TV
Created: July 06, 2021 03:29 PM
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency resigned Tuesday after it became apparent that the Republican-controlled state Senate was prepared to oust her.
Gov. Tim Walz said Laura Bishop resigned “in order to ensure a smooth and orderly transition” at the agency she had led since 2019.
“I am extremely disappointed in the Republicans in the Senate who are choosing to use taxpayer dollars to play partisan games and try to politicize an agency charged with protecting Minnesotans from pollution because they refuse to acknowledge the science of climate change, Walz said in a statement. ....

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