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    Articles by Don Brunell
    Finding balance with bottled water industry | Sound Off
    Finding balance with bottled water industry | Sound...
    By Don Brunell • October 6, 2015 7:05 pm

    Later this month, most facilities in Yellowstone National Park close for the winter. The year’s visitor total is likely to top last year’s 3.5 million people. It may beat the all-time total of 3.64 million set in 2010.

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    Mining contaminated waters could bank gold | Guest Column
    Mining contaminated waters could bank gold | Guest...
    By Don Brunell • August 28, 2015 5:24 pm

    The next billionaire may be the entrepreneur who figures out how to turn contaminated mine water into drinking water. In the process, they would make part of their fortune recovering chemicals and metals we use in our everyday lives.

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    Bringing space age technology to Earth
    Bringing space age technology to Earth
    By Don Brunell • January 20, 2015 6:03 pm

    Designers of the International Space Station (ISS) had to make it self-sustaining because, once aboard, astronauts had no way to get water or discharge sewage and no connection to Earth’s power grids.

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    We have reasons to count our blessings | Guest Column
    We have reasons to count our blessings |...
    By Don Brunell • December 23, 2014 3:24 pm

    It’s that time of year when we count our blessings. In America, they are abundant, especially this year.

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    BMW takes center stage in Munich | Guest Column
    BMW takes center stage in Munich | Guest...
    By Don Brunell • November 11, 2014 7:05 pm

    There is a new look to Bavarian tourism these days.

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    There’s another side to the saga that is fossil fuels
    There’s another side to the saga that is...
    By Don Brunell • August 6, 2014 3:00 am

    For decades, radio newsman Paul Harvey gave us a side of the news that we either hadn’t heard or hadn’t considered.

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    Are the benefits worth the cost of going ‘green’?
    Are the benefits worth the cost of going...
    By Don Brunell • July 19, 2014 2:00 am

    Reducing mankind’s carbon footprint has become the defining issue of our time and rightly so. Virtually every level of government has policies to reduce greenhouse gases by regulating everything from industrial CO2 emissions to cow flatulence.

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    North and South Dakota providing fruitful jobs
    North and South Dakota providing fruitful jobs
    By Don Brunell • July 15, 2014 7:14 pm

    If you are looking for a family-wage job these days, there is no better place to look than the Dakotas … but for entirely different reasons.

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    Independence means curbing dependence
    Independence means curbing dependence
    By Don Brunell • July 1, 2014 7:08 pm

    While much of today’s news deals with America’s decline, there is hope we can stimulate our economy, create manufacturing jobs and pay down our national debt by increasing our manufacturing and energy production.

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    Transportation is an essential | Guest Column
    Transportation is an essential | Guest Column
    By Don Brunell • June 24, 2014 7:15 pm

    All too often, our network of highways, pipelines, railroads, barges, ship terminals and airports goes unnoticed unless there is an accident.

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    Former governor Lowry risked political capital for his beliefs | Guest Column
    Former governor Lowry risked political capital for his...
    By Don Brunell • May 6, 2014 9:34 pm

    These days, too much of our politics is agenda-driven, with little regard for the impact on “real people.”

    Politicians proclaim their concern for the little guy, but they hang around with rich folks, celebrities and power brokers.

    Former governor Mike Lowry isn’t like that.

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    Americans don’t appreciate our dependence on fossil fuels
    Americans don’t appreciate our dependence on fossil fuels
    By Don Brunell • April 29, 2014 6:00 pm

    Let’s face it. We’re spoiled.

    Even in our tough economy, most Americans enjoy a myriad of conveniences we take for granted. We awake to a warm house, turn night into day with the flip of a light switch, jump into a hot shower, get dressed and grab a cup of fresh brewed coffee before heading to work in our car or on the bus.

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    It’s irresponsible to keep borrowing more money
    It’s irresponsible to keep borrowing more money
    By Don Brunell • February 7, 2014 2:37 pm

    An enterprising Associated Press reporter put the cost of the recent $1.1 trillion federal spending bill in perspective.

    At 370,445 words long, it works out to just under $3 million per word – and it funds government operations only through September. Congress begins a debate on increasing the debt ceiling again this month.

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