We got some welcome news today, along with slowly rising temperatures. The Ford Motor Company is joining the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) "consistent with Ford responsible sourcing strategy..." As more major manufacturers move toward electric powered fleets, and responsible (sustainable) sourcing becomes more critical to marketing, cost control, and risk management, is Minnesota putting itself and its industries at a significant disadvantage by weakening its own environmental standards and permitting requirements?
Here are some examples of what we're referring to:
- Auditor slams Minnesota Pollution Control Agency over Water Gremlin pollution (violated its air permit for more than 15 years)
- Big plan to change Minnesota’s water quality rules ("In its comments, the federal Environmental Protection Agency points out that removing numeric limits for various pollutants in Class 3 and Class 4 waters strips those protections from all waters, because they are not currently mentioned in the standards for any other class.")
- Minnesota Court of Appeals sends PolyMet permit back to MPCA
- Minnesota falls further away from greenhouse gas reduction goals but
(Reclaiming Its Place As America’s Clean Energy North Star Could Add $11 Billion To Minnesota’s Economy) - The MPCA Citizens' Board met for the last time on June 23, 2015. The board was eliminated through actions of the 2015 Minnesota Legislature.
There were strollers, outgrown, circulated till a wheel fell off.
Anna’s infant RockaRoo went to Francesca then to Sophia
who gave it back to Anna when she had the twins.
Travel cribs traveled between homes and the green vest
Sophia knitted for Ming’s first was worn by all the next babies.
Onesies, drawstring gowns, snap-legged overalls,
snowsuits, sweatpants, jeans, t-shirts, jumpers,
all sorted, washed, boxed then sent on
till they were sorted, washed, boxed and sent again.
Pj’s worn to that silkiest perfection, then worn
wholly through, reluctantly tossed. A blue dress
with applique lilacs was the favorite of each girl
and who knew where the velvet blazer came from,
but it did the job for more than one holiday concert.Even this year, a photograph of Francesca’s youngest in
Prague,handsome in that hand-me-down wool pea coat. Sophia hit
reply all:Our last? No! Well, fits yours better than it ever did mine.
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