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Public's Priorities for 2010: Economy, Jobs, Terrorism; Energy Concerns Fall, Deficit Concerns Rise The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press January 25, 2010 The Canadian Oil Sands Almanac on Twin Cities Public Television, December 11, 2009

OUR OPINION: NUCLEAR BAN - Time to lift the ban From the Brainerd Dispatch 8/25/10: Minnesota's 16-year-old ban on the construction of nuclear plants has been around so long most Minnesotans are barely aware it exists. Peterson: Cap and trade 'dead' in Congress -- but not at EPA From MinnPost 8/24/10: Carbon cap and trade legislation is effectively "dead" in Congress, House Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson told feed industry executives Monday, with the chief struggle over carbon regulation now solely being played out in and around the Environmental Protection Agency. 'Cap-and-trade' should still worry ag industry From the Fairmont Sentinel 8/5/10: The talk this year at FarmFest in Minnesota is that cap-and-trade legislation is not cause for panic if farmers can gain a seat at the table, and thus find a way to cash in on the proposal. For farmers, we suppose this implicit bribe is better than simply being stuck with a huge bill to the detriment of their businesses. But none of this changes the onerous nature of cap-and-trade as a whole.

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