AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoData Center Pushback: Monticello’s proposed 550-acre data center faces growing scrutiny, with a national poll finding 72% oppose such projects in their communities. Hermantown’s Google data center debate has also been disrupted by protests, while a Pine Island lawsuit settlement will require a new environmental review of Google’s project. Pollution and Public Health: Soil samples at St. Paul’s largest homeless encampment found lead above the EPA’s removal level. Separately, emails reportedly show Minnesota officials surveilled activists seeking to close the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center incinerator. Energy: A proposed natural gas plant in Superior was abandoned after opposition from Indigenous groups and environmental advocates. Land and Water: The Army Corps awarded $9.1 million to move dredged Mississippi River sand near Wabasha; the project is intended to create sand-prairie and dune habitat. Winona will hold a public meeting on its stormwater pollution prevention plan in December. Conservation: A southeastern Minnesota dairy farm won regional recognition for practices including cover crops, grassed waterways and responsible manure management.
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