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The Minnesota Court of Appeals has upheld Winona County's frack-sand ban.
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Read More »Wisconsin frack sand producers seek relief from rail rules
Wisconsin frack-sand producers say their business is threatened by some railroads operating under outdated regulations.
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Read More »Five-year collaboration transforms mine into a wild prairie
A five-year study has turned a reclaimed Wisconsin frack-sand mine into a wild prairie.
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Read More »Wisconsin frack plant opponents sue agency over self-review
An environmental group and the Ho-Chunk Nation are suing the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources over its handling of a permit for a timber company out of Georgia that wants to build a $75 million frack-sand operation in the state.
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Read More »Wisconsin company seeks to expand sand mine
A northwestern Wisconsin company has applied for a 60-year permit to expand its sand mine.
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Read More »DNR: Wisconsin frack-sand-sludge spill nontoxic
Wisconsin officials say early tests have found no harmful chemicals after a spill near a frack sand mine sent millions of gallons of sludge into waterways.
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Read More »Court to hear challenge of Winona County’s sand-mining ban
Winona County, Minnesota's only county to ban the mining of silica sand for use by the oil and gas industry in hydraulic fracturing, goes to court on Thursday to defend the ban.
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Read More »Judge invalidates western Wisconsin sand mine permits
Wisconsin environmental regulators improperly gave a company in Georgia permission last year to destroy wetlands to make way for a sand-processing plant, a judge ruled on Friday.
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Read More »Republican senators say bill to benefit mining company dead (UPDATE)
Two influential Republican senators on Wednesday were pronouncing dead a proposal the Assembly passed quickly to allow a Georgia mining company to destroy wetlands containing rare hardwoods in western Wisconsin.
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Read More »Senate adjourns without taking up frac-sand exemptions
It looks as if legislation that would clear the way for a $70 million frac-sand processing plant in western Wisconsin is dead.
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