Bob Collins
The 2016 ban is Minnesota’s first countywide frac sand mining ban. Winona County has some of the largest deposits of silica sand, which is used in the controversial technique to force oil out of the ground. Read more →
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Opponents of frac sand mining in Winona County have lost a legal challenge at the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
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