Category: Minnesota
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35 Arrested Protesting Frac-Sand Mining Facilities
WINONA AREA CITICZENS CONCERNED ABOUT SILICA MINING / WINONA CATHOLIC WORKER — On April 29, more than 100 people shut down silica sand mining operations simultaneously at two facilities in the city of Winona …
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35 Arrested Protesting Frac-Sand Mining Facilities
WINONA AREA CITICZENS CONCERNED ABOUT SILICA MINING / WINONA CATHOLIC WORKER — On April 29, more than 100 people shut down silica sand mining operations simultaneously at two facilities in the city of Winona …
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Iowa: Fracking Industry’s Next Frac-Sand Target
DESMOGBLOG — The rolling hills of northeastern Iowa’s Allamakee County defy the state’s stereotypical flat-land geography, and local residents boast of the serene beauty and rich geological history. Yet those same bluffs also play host to robust reservoirs of frac-sand …
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13 Spills in 30 Days
TCKTCKTCK — Moving oil is a dirty business, and never has that been more clear than this past month. Since March 11, the global oil industry has had 13 spills on three continents. In North and South America alone …
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The Price of Sand: New Documentary Exposes Dangers of Frac-Sand Mining
THE PRICE OF SAND — Minnesota and Wisconsin are experiencing a mining boom because both states have plentiful deposits of pure silica sand, a necessary component in hydraulic fracturing or fracking. A Minnesota legislator recently compared the current demand for frac-sand to a …