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    Letter to editor TimberJay Oct 27th 2023

    The Iron Range can benefit from the fight against Climate Change

    Many of us are concerned about climate change. Northeast Minnesota is home to the MN Northland Chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby and to the Ely Climate Change Group. A recent combined meeting of these groups viewed and discussed the 24 minute video on opportunities […]

    Oct 10th Green Steel and Northland Opportunities, CCL and Jeff Hanson

    You can find the CCL video (24 mins) here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4JyAWRuvsI You can find the zoom recording of our Oct 10th meeting (including both video and discussion) here:https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/nYNCpZxeEBYbKdzT__RDbZO_ovMlRNTc4asS8IpIm28lJ1vJh2mX2MsjkmdAPrOm.RlIXLwDuXSMEBdrDPasscode: 14Y#t=5CLet your lawmakers and newspapers know you support these opportunitiesRep. Pete Stauber stauber.house.gov/contactSen Tina Smith smith.senate.gov/contactSen Amy Klobuchar klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-amy

    Sen Grant Hauschild sen.grant.hauschild@senate.mn Rep Roger Skraba rep.roger.skraba@house.mn.gov IRRRB […]

    Sept 5th 2023, Randy Kolka on Mercury in the Environment

    Randy is the lead scientist on mercury related research in Forest Service Research. You can find his bio here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/about/people/kolka He has been working on mercury cycling in northern Minnesota since the mid-1990s, starting with his PhD dissertation. Much of his mercury research is on the USDA Forest Service’s Marcell Experimental Forest just north of […]

    August 15th The Inflation Reduction Act , David Doniger

    David is the Senior Strategic Director in their Climate & Clean Energy Program. You can read more about his work here: https://www.nrdc.org/bio/david-doniger

    David has been at the forefront of the battle against air pollution and global climate change since he joined NRDC in 1978. He helped formulate the Montreal Protocol, an international agreement designed to […]

    July 11th Forests and Fires with Doug Lande

    July 11th 2023 climate meeting with Doug Lande

    Doug brings expertise of forestry and fires. Doug is District 2 Supervisor/Secretary of the Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD). He has a good understanding of local and state agencies. He runs an off-grid solar home. Our conversation covered both the forest and the trees […]

    June 13th 2023 Maggie Schuppert CO2 capture and pipelines

    Maggie on CO2 pipelines and storage

    May 9th Ken Blumenfeld Midwest Climate and Weather

    Rural Electric Co-ops, 4/11/23 Erik Hatlestad from CURE

    Rural El Co-ops EH

    Solar Installations in Ely 3/14/2023

    Summary of climate meeting March 14th 2023 on solar installations in Ely

    The full zoom recording is available but very large to upload. If you would like to watch it ask me by email (b2jonesmn@gmail.com). Almost all the information is summarized here.

    Four projects were presented, one grid tied and the others off-grid. All presenters […]

    “Rotten carrots and not enough sticks: how industry-captured policy breeds climate setbacks”

    Hudson Kingston of PEER, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility presents “How industry-captured policy breeds climate setbacks.”