Minnesota may consider atrazine ban
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The head of Minnesota&#39;s state Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee said the Legislature should consider banning the weed killer atrazine.
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The spraying of a pesticide to fight a crop-eating moth can resume after a judge said Friday he was satisfied with a government plan to address environmental and health concerns.
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By Laura Griffith, The Telegraph, Alton, Ill.  Sep. 7--Illinois is taking the fight against methamphetamines to the manufacturing level with a grant program meant to heighten security and safety measures at anhydrous ammonia facilities.
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By The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Feb. 14--You'd think the chairman of the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee would be up on environmental issues.
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Oct 3 (IPS) - A novel solution has been proposed to block the  building of a controversial dam that sits over a fissure and that  environmentalists say will harm plant and animal life.
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Scientists and state officials are considering a broad diversion of the Mississippi River into LouisianaÂs sediment-starved marshes.
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By Dennis Lien, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Feb. 13--Minnesota could become the first state to commit to a common set of standards protecting Great Lakes water under a measure backed Monday in the state Senate.   An agreement called the Great Lakes-St.
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By Brian Peach, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Feb. 14-- -- Feeding the ducks at Noble Park will soon violate a city ordinance, and visitors who break that or other rules might risk a ban from all city parks.
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By Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Sep. 6--Wisconsin appears unlikely to regulate a controversial and widespread farm chemical that state environmental officials say is the most prevalent synthetic farm chemical found in the state's groundwater.
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By Tom Henry, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Feb. 19--Minnesota on Thursday did what many thought Ohio would do: Become the first Great Lakes state to adopt a proposed compact for managing lake withdrawals on a regional basis.
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Five rivers in Minnesota are considered seriously polluted by pesticides and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is recommending that they be designated as "impaired," which usually means there is a risk to aquatic life, but not human health.
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By CHET BROKAW  PIERRE, S.D. - The U.S. Forest Service has issued a draft report with proposed plans to curtail prairie dogs on national grasslands through poisoning and other means.
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CHICAGO, Feb. 21  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA):  The ISRA announced today that it is seeking injunctive relief against a gun ban recently enacted by the Cook County Board.
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U.S. environmental regulators are considering removing lead, a heavy metal linked to learning problems in children, from a list of regulated pollutants because past rules have greatly reduced levels of the toxin.
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By Stacey Eidson, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Jan. 30--MANATEE -- A proposal to ask state legislators to require emissions testing as part of a vehicle's annual license renewal has sparked interest, but might not get off the ground this year.
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By Jacob Luecke, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Dec. 9--A group of Boone County residents plan to lobby the Missouri General Assembly next year to legalize a new tax that could be used to safeguard farms from development.
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By John Myers, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  May 24--The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources must start work on statewide regulations for new construction along Minnesota lakes and rivers under orders from the Minnesota Legislature.