Legalectric

It’s the day after an inspiring HANDS OFF! over the U.S. and reaching across the Atlantic. Often, pretty much at every meeting I’ve been to lately, someone asks, “What can I do?” A literal answer to that question can be found at www.choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do with so many options at three distinct levels of ease/effort.

Today, April 6, I’d hosted a Non-Violent Direct Action Training here in Red Wing. Jessica Garroway came coming down to walk us through what it’s all about.

Her slides will be posted here soon. In the meantime, here are a few handouts, because the links WORK here, and maybe I don’t have enough copies.

First up is a great exercise to determine what sorts of actions are right for you — now’s the time for some introspection. The preparation for any action should take a lot more time than it takes for whatever actions you’re contemplating:

What’s a “Direct Action” — well, so many options, and here are a few:

Thinking globally, acting locally? We’ve grown our weekly demonstration from 7 six weeks ago to 181 last Friday, and it’s been inspirational:

And a few thoughts on “acting locally” in Red Wing:

That’s the noise “modeling” for Freeborn Wind. Noise modeling is a big problem, and NOISE from wind turbines is an even bigger problem. I know this well — when working for two Bent Tree families, we got the first, and ONLY so far, landowner buy-outs due to violation of the Minnesota noise standard.

A bill has been introduced in the Minnesota House, HF 1859, to address the noise problem by requiring one mile setbacks:

1) Contact Rep. John Burkel with a THANK YOU!!

2) CALL ALL THE HOUSE ENERGY and FINANCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS (on a Committee, they represent ALL of us, not just their constituents):

ENERGY AND FINANCE POLICY COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Get to work, folks!!

Our counter yesterday said 145 people protesting on Friday. We’re here every Friday, 4-5p.m., and every Friday there are more! Starting with 6 or 7, then 15, then 30, then 60, then 98, and now 145!

Today in the Red Wing Republican Eagle:

Here’s how Xcel describes this project sprawling across southern Minnesota:

Today, the Initial Comments were due on the “need” side of this transmission line application. And here they are!! Mine first — I’m representing the Prehn Family and No CapX 2020, and then in order of appearance:

A little light reading for the weekend…

And right across the street:

I learned about Talon having filed another exploration plan, but all that was on the DNR site was a “Summary.”

So I fired off a missive to the DNR and requested and HAVE RECEIVED the “Exploration Plan and Notification for a diamond drilling and geophysical programs on State Leases” that was filed by Talon on March 13, 2025. It’s only 7 pages, so why not just post it? Seven pages doesn’t require a “summary.” Here ’tis:

This is the map — it reminds me of transmission maps, no roads, highways, or other details that would provide a clear idea where this is!

My best guess is this is the area:

Prior Legalectric posts — this has been limping along for years:

Talon Nickel, LLC digs in its claws again March 20th, 2025

Talon Mine & another CO2 capture scam? September 1st, 2022

Talon Metals and Tamarack Mine April 11th, 2022

Talon Metals near Tamarack? January 28th, 2021