Thank you for visiting my blog about North Saint Paul, Minnesota. I have been documenting the horrible air pollution problem in this city for over two years now. I started this blog to create a public document about the conditions we endure as residents of this town.
As you can see, we have a terrible wood smoke problem in North St. Paul that our city council has refused to address. Even though most households do not burn wood recreationally, our four city council members have sided with the small percentage of households that choose to pollute the air that all the rest of us -- including children and many long-time elderly residents -- have to breathe. One small bonfire can smoke up an entire neighborhood, creating a nuisance and health hazard for hundreds or perhaps thousands of people. According to city ordinance, wood burners have the right to burn for recreational purposes from 4 PM to 11 PM all seven days of the week. You and I have no right to breathe at all. This is not right.
North St. Paul was a nice place to live with almost no wood smoke in the late 1990s. It is hell on earth now. It is not solely the area I live in that is smoky. Wood smoke is a problem across the entire city. From time to time, I venture into other neighborhoods looking for wood smoke. If the weather is nice, I never have a problem finding it. All I do is follow my nose. Many times, I have tracked wood smoke up to a half mile to its source from where I originally smelled it.
If you are a resident of North St. Paul, MN, or live elsewhere and are concerned about wood smoke pollution, please feel free to contact me at the email address below.
My email address: northsaintpaulresident@gmail.com
I look forward to hearing from you.