This had us asking questions–we found these two, likely False Widow Spiders, with an egg sac under some pallets. Curiosity led to learning. 🕸️📖🕷️ A female weaves an egg sac prior to mating then deposits eggs safely inside after fertilization. Is that what we caught in this photo? 🤔 #WildlifeWednesday
⚠️🏛️💰 CoreCivic announced a 5-yr ICE contract to reopen the Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, a 1600-bed prison that stood empty for 16 yrs. We are morally opposed to profiting from the detention of humans. Rural communities shouldn't be asked to trade basic decency for economic dev promises.
🧄Fresh, local, and good for everyone. 🌱 Support small farmers, build community, reduce your environmental footprint & enjoy peak-season nutrition by buying locally grown food. 🫑 It's National Farmers Market Week! Where's your local Farmers Market? 🥗👩🏽🌾 #FarmersMarket #SupportLocal #SustainableLiving
⚠️ The Silver Rapids project near Ely is back. The EAW leaves major questions unanswered about wildfire safety, water quality, traffic, noise & more. 🌲💧🛶 ⏰ Comments due 8/6. 📩 bryr.ludington@lakecountymn.gov https://timberjay.com/stories/wicola-lists-concerns-over-silver-rapids-development,38339
Take a peak at this up-close investigative image? 🔎 Know what it is? Tell us and see the answer below! ❔🥬 #NaturePhotography #MinnesotaWildlife #Caterpillar #EcoEducation
"Nation-leading" sounds great, but is MN a really ready for a wave of hyperscale data centers? The 2025 law is an important first step. It's not the finish line. 👉 Here's what the law says, what it doesn't, and why communities should keep paying attention. 💧⚡🏘️ #DataCenters
The Fine Print: Where Minnesota’s Data Center Law Falls Short ⋆ CURE
Minnesota is racing to keep up with a surge in hyperscale data center proposals, but does its “nation-leading” 2025 law adequately protect communities? CURE breaks down what the current laws actually do—and don’t—on taxes, energy costs, and water use, and why more action is still needed.
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⚠️ The world's biggest tech companies are moving fast. Minnesota isn't. No single state agency oversees data centers. No single permit reviews their full impact. That leaves communities, taxpayers, and natural resources carrying the risk while Big Tech calls the shots. #DataCenters
📝Just dropped: Field Notes—CURE’s Monthly Dispatch! ️🏡 Data Center Local Action Hub 💧 No Piggyback Permits 🛢 No pipeline by Pipestone ⏰ Silver Rapids Comment Period Moves Forward 🌱 Join the CURE Team Stay informed, stay engaged 👉 Read the full July edition. #RuralMN #LocalAction #CommunityPower
Data Center Hub 🏡 + No Piggyback Permits 💧 + Pipestone Pipeline 🚫 + Silver Rapids Comment ⏰ + Join the CURE Team 🌱⚡ ⋆ CURE
Data Center coming to your community? 👉 Start here. As big tech backed data center proposals keep popping up across Minnesota, more people are asking questions, getting organized, and stepping into local leadership. CURE’s new Local Action Hub gives communities the tools, videos, resources, and real-world stories they need to understand what’s at stake and […]
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"This isn't just a bad year. It's becoming a much more regular occurrence." That's Dr. John Abraham on Northern MN's wildfires. Our weather is getting "bonkers," and rural communities are paying the price first. Time to prepare for what's here. 🌲🔥 #RuralMN #MNwx #ClimateReality #MinnesotaWildfires
As wildfires burn in northern Minnesota, one expert says there's reason for our changing weather
Climate scientist Dr. John Abraham says we've contributed by releasing heat-trapping gases for years.
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💧 📣 MN DNR is holding public meetings on the proposed Talon Nickel Mine near Tamarack. As MN’s 1st proposed nickel mine, this project could shape how MN protects clean water, communities & natural resources for generations. 📍 8/5 | McGregor High Sch | 5–9p 📍 8/12 | Natl Sports Ctr, Blaine | 5–9p
Tamarack Mining Project Environmental Impact Statement
State environmental review of the proposed Tamarack Mining project Sign up for updates on this topic OverviewTalon Nickel (USA) LLC is proposing to develop an underground mine in central Minnesota for the extraction of nickel, copper, and iron ore that would be processed offsite, in Mercer County…
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🗳️ Data centers are becoming a political force in MN. Across Greater MN, residents are organizing and demanding a say in decisions that could reshape their communities. As CURE's Sarah Mooradian put it: “People are ... engaged in a way I have not seen before.” #DataCenters #2026Elections #MNPol
In greater Minnesota, the data center boom is reshaping local politics
The potential for tech warehouses to land in rural towns has triggered newly minted politicians, moratoriums and raucous meetings.
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🔥 The smoke, the evacuations, beloved forests burning, lives & livelihoods disrupted—experts say it's a sign of what's ahead. While fire is an essential part of the forest landscape, climate change is making wildfires bigger, hotter & more frequent. 🌲 #MNWildfires #BWCA #ClimateCrisis
Anderson: Minnesota’s boreal forest won’t survive a hotter, more fiery future
The blazes across Minnesota, Canada and Alaska are more than a smoky summer nuisance. Researchers say they are part of a broader transformation of the North Woods.
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Democracy is built in town halls, kitchens, parks, and yes, around potluck tables. Rural women have always gathered people, shared care, and moved communities forward. 🥘✨ Read more about potluck people power. #RuralDemocracy #WomenLead #RuralMN
Commentary: Women, Politics, and the Potluck People’s Party
Although we often hear people say that “women can’t win” in conservative rural areas, strong women have always led the way here. They rally neighbors when someone needs assistance. They activate the phone tree when there’s a threat to safety. They have eyes on everybody’s children. They st
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Local city & county leaders are trying to figure out hyperscale data center proposals without comprehensive rules or guidance from the state. While residents are spending their own time & money just to get answers to their concerns. It's time for MN to get off the sidelines. #DataCenters #MNLeg
🔥 You can’t outrun climate change. The wildfires in northeastern Minnesota are a reminder that even if your home never floods or burns, you still feel the impacts—through smoky air, rising insurance costs, and growing pressure on communities everywhere. #ClimateChange #MinnesotaWildfires
The links between climate change and wildfires in Minnesota
As crews continue to battle wildfires in northeastern Minnesota, an atmospheric scientist breaks down the possible relationship between climate change and wildfires.
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🚰 When big industrial water users "piggyback" on city permits, the impacts don't disappear, they get passed on to local communities. The Elko New Market story shows why it's a problem—& now hyperscale data centers are pursuing similar arrangements. 🚫💦 #MinnesotaWater #NoLoopholes #DataCenters
No More Piggyback Rides: The Loophole That Lets Big Water Users Avoid Accountability ⋆ CURE
A loophole called “piggybacking” lets large industrial water users rely on municipal permits instead of getting their own, shifting liability and consequences onto local communities. Hyperscale data centers are the latest industry trying this maneuver. As Elko New Market shows, the impacts don’t go away—someone else just gets stuck paying the price.
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Pipestone Natl. Monument is sacred to dozens of Tribal nations. Now Magellan, a petroleum pipeline company, wants to restart a project near this historic and culturally significant place. 📢 Tell the PUC to reject this permit! #ProtectPipestone #StopThePipeline #WaterIsLife #HonorTribalSovereignty
No pipeline near the Pipestone National Monument ⋆ CURE
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is currently accepting public comments on the Magellan / ONEOK Pipestone pipeline project (PUC Docket No. IP-7109/PPL-23-109), a proposed reroute of an 8-inch diameter gasoline and refined petroleum products pipeline that has been shut off since 2022. The reroute skirts the Pipestone National Monument, a site of importance to […]
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ICE wants to reopen Appleton’s failed private prison as a 1,600-bed detention center. CURE’s Andy Pearson and Misty Butler push back in a new Daily Yonder article: this isn’t inevitable. Appleton deserves a real say. #AppletonMN #NoICEDetention
ICE Seeks “Zombie Prison" in Rural Minnesota | The Daily Yonder
An empty 1,600-bed private prison has sat idly on land that was once a soybean field in rural Appleton, Minnesota since the prison failed and, as a
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What's your favorite body of water to stay cool in? #CleanWater #MinnesotaOutdoors #WaterIsLife
The Supreme Court sided with Bayer/Monsanto. It said states can't require extra warning labels on products with glyphosate beyond what federal law requires- as a result, limiting cancer patients' state-level lawsuits over weedkiller products like Roundup. ☠️🛢️❌ #Glyphosate #Roundup #ProtectOurLand
Is your community facing a proposed data center? You don’t have to figure it out alone. Visit curemn.org/local-action for tools and videos to help you take action in your community. #DataCenters #LocalAction #CommunityPower #Minnesota #PublicTransparency
Data Center Community Action ⋆ CURE
Is a Data Center Coming to Your Community?Start Here. We’re sharing resources to help Minnesota residents understand what’s at stake, demand transparency, and organize for a real say in decisions that could affect their water, electricity, land, and quality of life. You’re Not Alone. Grassroots Data Center Groups Coalition for Responsible Data Center Development (Farmington) Visit […]
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Remember... Doe, a deer, a female deer 🎶😉, will leave her baby tightly tucked away in tall grass or in what she thinks is a sneaky spot this time of year. If you see a fawn all by itself, tip toe away because mom is not far away! 🤫🌾 #WildlifeWednesday #MNWildlife #NatureLovers #GetOutside #Deer
⚡ "The 800-megawatt gorilla in the room." CURE’s Hudson Kingston, discussed the potential impacts of Google’s proposed hyperscale data center at a packed Hermantown forum. Communities deserve facts, transparency, and a real voice in decisions of this scale. #Hermantown #DataCenter #Transparency
🤖 How could AI-driven data centers affect health, climate & Greater Mankato’s future? Join a people’s hearing July 25, 1-4 p @ Grace Lutheran Church. Ask questions, share concerns & help shape fairer policy. 🌱 Register: bit.ly/MankatoDataCenterForum #Mankato #DataCenters #EnvironmentalJustice
A meaningful step for tribal sovereignty and stewardship. 🌾🦅 White Earth Nation will help co-manage water, wild rice beds, forests and habitat at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge, putting self-determination into practice. 🌲 #TribalSovereignty #Minnesota #IndigenousRights
White Earth Nation, feds sign funding agreement to co-manage wildlife refuge in NW Minnesota
White Earth Nation's deepening partnership with the federal government at Tamarac reflects a broader shift toward tribal nations reclaiming a direct hand in stewarding shared lands and waterways.
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CURE's Hudson Kingston spoke out at a Hermantown data center forum: “For any one data center, it is going to have a lot of local impacts. But it's going to have global impacts in terms of its electricity impact & the massive amounts of electricity it uses.” #Hermantown #DataCenters #Transparency
Residents pack forum as questions continue over proposed Hermantown Data Center
Residents gathered Thursday evening in Hermantown for a public forum focused on a proposed hyperscale data center development, hearing from experts who raised concerns about energy demands, environmental impacts, school funding claims and long-term economic benefits.The event, hosted by Duluth Indivisible and co-sponsored by the Stop the Hermantown Data Center group, featured a panel of […]
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Data centers are becoming a major Minnesota election issue. 🗳️🌱 CURE’s Sarah Mooradian talks about just how bipartisan the issue has become, as rural residents push for a voice in decisions shaping water, energy & community life. #DataCenters #RuralMinnesota #CommunityPower #LocalDemocracy
Data centers in Minnesota: The next big election issue
After striking out at the local and state levels, activists against data centers are looking to elections to slow down developments.
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Data centers are expanding into rural America, bringing big questions about electricity, tax deals, land, and local decision making. 🏡⚡ New reporting maps where projects are growing, and where communities are organizing for a stronger voice. 🔎 #RuralCommunities #CommunityPower #CleanEnergy
We Mapped Rural Data Center Development – and Opposition. Here’s What We Found | The Daily Yonder
Washington, D.C.’s metropolitan area has long hummed with data centers. The region, which encompasses much of Northern Virginia, has become known as Data
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