Environmental

Minnesotans Urge Pollution Control Agency to Act on Outdated Coal Plant Permits

DULUTH, Minn. –(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2014.  Today dozens of faith, health, youth and environmental groups and leaders submitted a letter calling for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to protect public health and act on Minnesota Power’s outdated air pollution permits for its Taconite Harbor and Clay Boswell coal plants.

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The expired permit for Taconite Harbor is now more than a decade overdue, causing significant breaches of federal health-based standards for sulfur dioxide pollution, putting nearby…

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