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In tight times, volunteers help cities stay green

Local governments pressed for cash are finding a way to keep pursuing some environmental goals — they're turning to volunteers. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's GreenCorps program is lining up volunteers for projects around the state. The ...

From ELIZABETH DUNBAR, TwinCities.com,  7 Oct 2009

Minnesota utility quits Big Stone II

The utility leading an effort to build a $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant in South Dakota that would serve five states has pulled out of the project. Minnesota-based Otter Tail Power Co. decided Friday to abandon its plans for Big Stone II. Otter ...

From ELIZABETH DUNBAR, San Francisco Chronicle,  11 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Charles Moore,  White House

Lead utility drops out of Big Stone II

MINNEAPOLIS — The utility leading an effort to build a $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant in South Dakota pulled out of the project Friday, citing the economic downturn and uncertainty about climate change legislation to regulate carbon emissions. The ...

From ELIZABETH DUNBAR, Newsvine,  11 Sep 2009

Kidnapped girl's story gives hope to some parents

Patty Wetterling keeps a scrapbook of news clippings about abducted children being reunited with their families years later. It's a source of hope for Wetterling, whose son, Jacob, was abducted nearly 20 years ago in Minnesota. Soon, Wetterling ...

From ELIZABETH DUNBAR, Taiwan News,  30 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Patty Wetterling,  U.S. Department of Justice,  Elizabeth Smart

Kidney transplant links 2 clergy abuse survivors

Phil Saviano spent years fighting for the victims of clergy abuse, an effort spurred by his own bitter experience at the hands of a priest. Later, with Saviano's health slipping after a long battle with AIDS, he turned for support -- and a new kidney -- ...

From ELIZABETH DUNBAR, Boston Globe,  27 Aug 2009

Kidney transplant between 2 clergy abuse survivors

Phil Saviano and Susan Pavlak led separate lives in different states, fighting for people who _ like them _ had been abused by clergy years ago. On Wednesday, the former strangers formed a new bond in a Boston hospital as Pavlak donated her ...

From ELIZABETH DUNBAR, Taiwan News,  26 Aug 2009

Clergy abuse survivor from St. Paul donating kidney to another abuse survivor

A Massachussetts man who was abused by a priest as a boy is getting a kidney from another clergy abuse survivor from Minnesota. Phil Saviano of Roslindale, Mass., put out a plea about a year ago to other survivors of clergy abuse in New England. He ...

From ELIZABETH DUNBAR, TwinCities.com,  26 Aug 2009

One clergy abuse survivor gives kidney to another

A Massachusetts man who was abused by a priest as a boy is getting a kidney from another clergy abuse survivor from Minnesota. Phil Saviano of Roslindale, Mass., put out a plea about a year ago to other survivors of clergy abuse in New England. He got ...

From ELIZABETH DUNBAR, Boston Globe,  26 Aug 2009

Construction to begin on US oil pipeline

The U.S. State Department issued a permit Thursday allowing construction of a pipeline that will bring crude oil to the U.S. from Canada's oil sands, where environmental groups say extraction and refinement methods are contributing to global ...

From ELIZABETH DUNBAR, eTaiwan News,  21 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Barack Obama

Construction to begin on Minn. oil pipeline

With the permit in hand, Enbridge Inc. plans to start construction work on the Alberta Clipper pipeline, which will run through Minnesota and the northeastern corner of North Dakota from Superior, Wis., to Hardisty, Alberta. In a statement announcing ...

From ELIZABETH DUNBAR, San Francisco Chronicle,  20 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Barack Obama

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