We are a mining people. The residents of the Iron Range have been mining for more than a century and we have made a big impact on the entire country. Without the Iron we have, the American Industrial Revolution could not have been as successful as it was. Therefore, you could say that we are the foundation of modern America.

Most likely, you or someone in your family has been involved in a mine or a mining project. There were most likely some challenges that went along with that process also, whether it was before the mine was open, or after. PolyMet is now having some challenges for starting a mine.

The proposed mine would be an open pit that would extract copper, nickel, cobalt, palladium, platinum, and gold. Once operational, around 32,000 tons of material would be mined a day. Key portions of the LTV Steel Mining Co. taconite plant, near Hoyt Lakes, would be reused for crushing and processing. The capital cost is $601.9 million. It would create about 900 jobs, 400 of which are permanent. Why then, isn’t this mine open?

Those opposed to the mine have concerns about the environment and point to other sulfide mining projects in the country that created problems with pollution. They fear that the groundwater will become contaminated. Supporters argue that the minerals PolyMet will be mining have a lower sulfide

According to the Department of Energy, hemp as a biomass fuel producer requires the least specialized growing and processing procedures of all hemp products. The hydrocarbons in hemp can be made into a wide range of biomass energy sources, from fuel pellets to liquid fuels and gas. Biofuel could reduce our use of fossil fuels and nuclear power.

Hemp grows well in a variety of climates and soil types. It is naturally resistant to most pests. It grows tightly spaced, out-competing any weeds. It also leaves a weed-free field for a following crop. Hemp can grow without herbicides, fungicides, or pesticides. Almost half of the agricultural chemicals used on United States crops are put into cotton. Hemp can replace cotton which is usually grown with massive amounts of chemicals harmful to people and the environment. 50% of all the worlds pesticides are sprayed on cotton.

Hemp produces more pulp per acre than timber, and can be used for every quality of paper; the long fibers in hemp allow paper to be recycled several times more than wood-based paper. Hemp can replace wood fibers and save forests for watershed, wildlife habitat, recreation and oxygen production, reduces global warming and other values. Hemp can yield 3-8 dry tons of fiber per acre. This is four times what an average

The sun is shining, birds are chirping, and I’m fumbling around in the cupboard in search for the largest mug humanly possible. Like the majority of teenagers, I am not a chipper morning person. Unless I’ve been awake for approximately an hour and have chugged at least two cups of tea or coffee, I communicate in abrupt, one word sentences and useless hand gestures that leave my family and friends flummoxed. Only once an absurd amount of caffeine has entered my system am I actually ready to face the day. Lately, I’ve realized that I, like most teenagers, suffer from an extreme caffeine addiction, and it’s the probably the unhealthiest aspect of my life, and one of the easiest to fix.

For many teenagers, cutting caffeine out of their daily routine might seem impossible. Everyone is just so insanely busy. Most of us depend on caffeine to keep us going from when we pull ourselves out of bed at six in the morning until we can finally fall back into it at seventeen hours later. But even cutting back a little bit of your coffee intake every day can lead to great outcomes for

When most people think of social networks they think of Facebook and talking to friends and family from all over. Then again most people don’t think of the negative talk on social sites. I believe that people shouldn’t talk about negative or hurtful things on these sites. Friends turn on friends and post horrible and threatening things on these sites. I understand that people get hurt and want to speak up and have a voice but they don’t need to do it where thousands of people can see it every day. Other people get hurt other than the person the things are meant for and these things will never leave that site no matter how much you want it to go away it will always exist on the internet after you put it on there. People need to think before they do anything drastic.

I think that those who post hurtful things on social sites are people who are weak and scared, they don’t want to confront the person with the problem they are having with them, they choose to share with the world what they think, which is horrible. These sites were made for people to share things with their friends and family. It is supposed to be a friendly way of talking to those you love and don’t get to talk to very much.

Someday these things may not exist because the government may choose to shut them all down because people end up hurting themselves or ending their lives because of the horrible things people put on these sites. These are teens and young adults that couldn’t

When a student or school is failing, who is to blame? Generally it is not the teachers or the school administration. When trying to solve this problem, one might not think to look behind the curtain and into the home lives of the struggling students. However this is exactly what needs to be addressed, because it is no coincidence that kids from low income families tend to do worse in school than higher income children. Income, how much their parents value education and a student’s race have significant impacts on how well they will do in school.

Because lower income parents have less time and money to invest in their children, they have much less exposure to books, reading and writing when they are young. This economic separation only gets bigger as a student’s education progresses, as lower income students are ten times less likely to earn a