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Polluters
Seven of Minnesota's 72 businesses and individuals who received Pollution Control Agency citations in the first half of 2012 have been profiled by the Star Tribune. These top seven violator, each of whom paid over $10,000 in fines, include air-polluting mines and manufacturers, colleges that improperly disposed of pharmaceutical wastes, and a man who burned down farm buildings containing asbestos, among others.
Plants That Changed Minnesota
A series of lectures on 'The Ten Plants That Changed Minnesota' will be held through mid September to mid November at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum (at the University of Minnesota). Expert speakers will discuss plants such as the white pine, wild rice, American elm, and maize. Admission to all lectures is $65 for members and $77 for non-members.
California Cap and Trade
California is set to implement a new carbon cap and trade system this November, as part of the state's plan to cut emissions 80 percent by 2050. Unlike carbon emissions trading systems in place in the northeast through the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which covers only power plants, the California carbon market will extend to all sectors of the state's economy, including everything from paper mills to universities in the climate struggle. The plan includes measures to use revenues to help industries adopt cleaner technologies. Once the plan is implemented, California will be the second largest carbon market on Earth.
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