Committee’s silica sand hearing mines deep emotions

Lynn Schoen’s blood boils at the thought of her state government ignoring its citizens’ voices. Fred Corrigan worries that government regulation will stifle a burgeoning industry that brings with it job growth and economic opportunity.

These are the emotions provoked by silica sand, a round grain of nearly pure quartz prized by oil and gas companies drilling for energy in other parts of the country and around the world.

Read the article in the Jan. 28, 2015 issue of Session Daily, a publication of the Minnesota House of Representatives.