Duane Ninneman, a consultant for a rural environmental group opposed to the project, at the CURE (Clean Up the River Environment) office in Montevideo, Minn., Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008. Ninneman heads a rural environmental group opposed to the Big Stone II project. An environmental movement in Minnesota that led to a law to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions is threatening to put the brakes on a power plant expansion across the border in South Dakota. (AP Photo/Bill Zimmer)

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