The Gazette

Report: Frac sand mining threatens health, economies, environment

CLAYTON COUNTY - The growing demand for frac sand - mined primarily in Wisconsin and Minnesota but also in northeast Iowa - threatens human health, the environment and local economies, according to a ...
Heartland

Study: Frac Sand Mining a Boon for Employment, Earnings, Economies

CHICAGO (June 8) – A new Policy Study from The Heartland Institute shows industrial sand mining has been “a significant driver of economic growth across the Upper Midwest.” If done in an ...
E&E

Mining towns worry frac sand’s gifts will dry up with oil price slump

GREENFIELD, Wis. — Since the arrival of a mine that supplies sand to hydraulic fracturing sites in distant shale fields, this tiny township has gained a new dump, recycling center, snowplow and salt ...
Twin Cities Daily Planet

Minnesota EQB to hear business community testimony on frac sand mining Wed. Sept. 19

The Minnesota Environmental Quality Board has posted the proposed agenda for its Wed., September 19, 1:00-4:00 p.m. meeting in the MPCA Board Room, 520 Lafayette Road, St. Paul. According to the ...
Heartland

Research & Commentary: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Draft Comprehensive Study Finds Frac Sand Mining Environmentally Sound

A draft report of a strategic analysis of the mining of industrial silica sand, also called “frac sand,” was released in June 2016 by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The study ...
Finance & Commerce

St. Charles rejects frac sand mining annexation

The southeastern Minnesota city of St. Charles has rejected annexation that could have brought frac sand mining to the community and served as a catalyst for similar projects in the region. The City ...
Grand Forks Herald

Minnesota's frac sand mining rules already outweigh Wisconsin's

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Doug Losee can sum up the differences between Minnesota's and Wisconsin's frac sand mining regulations by describing how much room the two states' environmental studies take up in ...
The Gazette

Iowa Policy Project study urges local control on frac sand mining

A new report by the Iowa Policy Project details potential harmful effects of frac sand mining and recommends local control of the industry. “I think frac sand mining will become a big issue in Iowa,” ...
Post-Bulletin

Marilyn Frauenkron Bayer: In two years, frac sand mining could do irreparable harm

I, along with thousands of other Minnesotans, have signed the Land Stewardship Project petition urging Gov. Mark Dayton to enact a two-year moratorium on frac-sand mining in southeastern Minnesota, ...
Star Tribune

Appeals Court upholds Winona County ban on frac sand mining

Winona County narrowly won another legal victory Monday in its effort to outlaw frac sand mining. In a split decision, a three-judge panel of the Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld a lower-court ruling ...
News 8000

No agreement reached in frac sand mining ordinance

The Houston County Commissioners were not able to come to an agreement on a frac sand mining ordinance Tuesday morning. Houston County will revert back to the original ordinance that says little about ...