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No More Piggyback Rides: The Loophole That Lets Big Water Users Avoid Accountability
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.
No pipeline near the Pipestone National Monument
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
MN Data Center Laws 🔎 + Appleton ICE Detention 🚫 + Bon Voyage Clovis 👋 Summer Legal Interns 🌱
The Fine Print: Where Minnesota’s Data Center Law Falls Short 🔎 Across Minnesota, at least 15 hyperscale data centers have been proposed. State leaders say we already
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