CD8 DFL Candidates On Mining And Environment
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Channel: The Uptake by Bridgemakers · 2018 · News & Politics
All five candidates who are seeking the DFL endorsement for congress in Minnesota’s 8th district held a forum at the Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College in Cloquet. The candidates are Kirsten Hagen Kennedy, Michelle Lee, Jason Metsa, Leah Phifer and Joe Radinovich. Aaron Brown at MinnesotaBrown.com writes "The only meaningful policy difference among the five candidates is over mining and environmental regulations." "To recap, Metsa backs all mining and has supported Republican-backed environmental deregulations. Radinovich and Kennedy support allowing the existing environmental processes to move forward and broadly support mining. Phifer supports iron mining but opposes the current plans of nonferrous mines because of the lack of up-front financial assurances. And Lee supports iron mining but broadly opposes nonferrous mining due to the environmental risks. It’s pretty much a spectrum of beliefs on the DFL side." More text at http://minnesotabrown.com/2018/04/another-forum-national-coverage-mn8.html Rep. Rick Nolan (DFL) has decided not to run for re-election, setting off a scramble for the party endorsement.
