Split Minnesota High Court: County Had Authority To Limit Fracking Sand Mining

(March 13, 2020, 10:36 AM EDT) -- ST. PAUL, Minn. — A divided Minnesota Supreme Court on March 11 affirmed a lower court and held that a municipality had the authority to pass an ordinance prohibiting the extraction of hydraulic fracturing sand under specific circumstances (Minnesota Sands, LLC v. Winona, Minnesota, A18-90, Minn. Sup., 2020 Minn. LEXIS 121)....

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