February 2005
Farm Programs, Natural Amenities, and Rural Development By David McGranahan and Patrick Sullivan -Amber Waves- February, 2005
WHERE WOULD THE CUTS BE MADE UNDER THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET? An Analysis of Reductions in Education, Human Services, Environment, and Community Development Programs -Center on Budget and Policy Priorities- 2/28/05
MOSES Calls on Farmers to Convert to Organic Ag -Illinois Farm Bureau- 2/28/05
Air Quality Officials' Group Protests Senator's Actions By MICHAEL JANOFSKY -New York Times-(LogOn Required) 2/27/05
A Natural Step For Some Farmers: A La Crosse Convention Held The Answers For Growers Looking To Go Organic. By Reid Magney -La Crosse Tribune- 2/26/05
Sen. Dayton Visits Site of Proposed Tire Burning Plant By Julie Seebold -KIMT TV- 2/26/05
Farm bureau to hold meetings about farmer rewards By Lee Bonorden -Austin Daily Herald- 2/25/05
Some Dairy Farmers Worry about 'Organic' Milk Labels By Harold Brubaker -Philadelphia Inquirer- 2/25/05
Illinois Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn's Clean Water Action Alert 2/25/05
Wisconsin Group Complains to USDA of Dairy Organic Rules Violations By Dennis Pollock -Associated Press- 2/23/05
Lawmakers to debate fee to pay for water cleanup By Kirsti Marohn -St. Cloud Times- 2/23/05
Bush gets weak support for program cuts (Contains table of programs to be cut) -MSNBC News- 2/22/05
Editorial: Farm subsidies/Bush's cap is a fine idea -Star Tribune- 2/21/05
Herbicide's ban unlikely, for now But debate on atrazine's effects far from over BY DENNIS LIEN -Pioneer Press- (LogOn Required) 2/20/05
Officials decry Bush water-treatment budget By Greg Gordon and Tom Meersman -Star Tribune- (LogOn Required) 2/20/05
Developers find dirty water limiting growth By PATRICK CONDON -Associated Press- 2/18/05
Dakota County issues concerns over Met Council water policy plan By Lara Adelmann -ThisWeek Online- 2/18/05
EPA Making Illegal, Secret Agreements with Pesticide Makers, Threatening Public Health, Lawsuit Charges By Natural Resources Defense Council 2/17/05
Study finds organic veges bolster immunity -ABC News Online- 2/17/05
Clean air, clean energy will allow all of us to breathe easier By David Foster and Ginny Yingling -TIMBERJAY- 2/17/05
Feted and Hated, Kyoto Enters into Force -Reuters- 2/16/05
Dangers of Mercury Pollution Overstated, House Republicans Say in Report By John Heilprin -Associated Press- 2/16/05
LEAGUE URGES PROPOSED CROP SUBSIDY CUTS BE SHIFTED TO FARM CONSERVATION PROGRAMS By Brad Redlin and Richard Hoppe -Izaak Walton League- 2/15/05
Ethanol bill is in Legislature's fast lane By Laura McCallum -Minnesota Public Radio- 2/15/05
Make government tell us about toxins By Pat Quinn, IL Lt. Gov. -Chicago Sun Times- 2/14/05
Hayes brings atrazine research to Winona By Jeff Dankert -Winona Daily News- 2/11/05
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Includes Conservation Initiative in Budget Address
'Protect Our Water Day' planned at Minnesota Capitol on Feb. 23 -The Daily Journal- 2/15/05
The Indian Seed Act And Patent Act Sowing The Seeds Of Dictatorship by Vandana Shiva -ZNet- 2/14/05
Global Warming: "Tragedy of the Commons" Revisited -Agence France Presse- 2/13/05
Pawlenty, lawmakers back $36 water fee -In-Forum News- 2/12/05
Agriculture's move toward collaboration is good business By JOHN TORINUS -JSOnline- 2/12/05
Bush cuts ag spending By RANDY MUDGETT -Farm News- 2/11/05
U.S. Scientists Say They Are Told to Alter Findings By Julie Cart -LA Times- 2/10/05
'Political' Science: The Rise of Junk Science and the Fall of Reason--An ENN Commentary By Peter H. Gleick -The Pacific Institute- 2/10/05
Bush Seeks Nearly Six Percent Cut in Environment Funding By Chris Baltimore -Reuters- 2/8/05
President Bush Makes Mississippi River Restoration a National Priority 2/7/05
White House Budget Continues Policy of Slowly Bleeding Key Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Programs By Sustainable Energy Coalition 2/7/05
BALMM Currents By Norman Senjem -MPCA- 2/7/05
New "How-To" Guide for Protecting Drinking Water By Trust for Public Land / American Water Works Association 2/7/05
Better Safe than Sorry: Using the Precautionary Principle to Prevent Harm By Citizens League for Environmental Action Now (CLEAN) 2/7/05
Truth in labeling By Mark Kastel -The Cornucopia Institute- 2/6/05
EPA Overlooked Health Impact of Mercury By John Heilprin -Associated Press- 2/4/05
BALMM currents EXTRA BALMM Partners Awarded New 319 Grants 2/4/05
Minnesota has a rare bad air day By Tom Meersman -Star Tribune- 2/2/05
Court Rules in Favor of Organic Standards -Illinois Farm Bureau- 2/1/05
Senate Testimony to Reveal 'Clear Skies' Bill Crafted by Polluters -By Natural Resources Defense Council- 2/1/05
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