Chloe Johnson
Environmental Reporter at The Minnesota Star Tribune
Environmental reporter @startribune. Best way to reach me: chloe (dot) johnson (at) startribune (dot) com
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2 days ago |
startribune.com | Chloe Johnson
Radioactive groundwater that's the legacy of a 2022 spill at Xcel Energy's Monticello nuclear plant is flowing toward the Mississippi River, but state agencies say there is no risk to human health or the environment. Two and a half years ago, between 750,000 and 900,000 gallons of tritium-tainted water spilled from a broken pipe at the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant.
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1 week ago |
startribune.com | Chloe Johnson
Nearly a half-mile under the earth in northern Minnesota, an exploratory drill found something surprising: minerals with the highest concentration of nickel yet identified by mining company Talon Metals, as well as copper, gold and platinum group metals. The company, which seeks to supply nickel to Tesla for electric vehicle batteries, announced May 1 that it found minerals with 12.65% nickel - compared to an average of 1.73% that the company previously reported.
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1 week ago |
startribune.com | Chloe Johnson
The Trump Administration has named the NorthMet mine, a proposed massive open pit copper-nickel mine in northern Minnesota, on a list of federally important mineral projects intended to speed up permitting. It's one of 20 mining projects the administration has highlighted since a March executive order, and the only one in Minnesota.
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2 weeks ago |
dvidshub.net | Chloe Johnson
48 U.S. Marines and Airmen view an F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing during a tour during exercise Freedom Flag 25-1 at Gwangju Air Base, South Korea, May 1, 2025. VMFA-214, an F-35B squadron from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, deployed to augment MAG-12, 1st MAW under the Unit Deployment Program, which provides U.S.-based units with operational experience in the Indo-Pacific.
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2 weeks ago |
dvidshub.net | Chloe Johnson
48 U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Adam Wachholz, a pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, draws a flight plan during mission planning at Gwangju Air Base, South Korea, during exercise Freedom Flag 25-1, April 23, 2025.
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