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CURE's Latest Blog Posts
Minnesota’s Water Is Worth Protecting
Tell the DNR your concerns about the proposed Talon Nickel Mine Talon Metals wants to build Minnesota’s first nickel mine near Tamarack in Aitkin County, about 50 miles west of Duluth. The proposed mine sits in a landscape of wetlands, lakes, rivers, and groundwater that feed both the Mississippi and St. Croix watersheds. The Minnesota Department
Data Center Hub 🏡 + No Piggyback Permits 💧 + Pipestone Pipeline 🚫 + Silver Rapids Comment ⏰ + Join the CURE Team 🌱⚡
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
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 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
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 passed a “nation-leading” law in 2025, but does it actually cover what matters? Meanwhile, communities are left trying to figure out the impacts on local taxes, electricity use, and water, while projects move forward fast. The TL;DR: Minnesota’s 2025 law
The Fine Print: Where Minnesota’s Data Center Law Falls Short
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.
