Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership With a temporarily-tied Senate, a hotly-contested House, and significant disagreements between the two parties, the 2025 session of the Minnesota Legislature is looking to be… Read more »
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Enbridge Line 6 spills in Wisconsin
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Last month, Canadian oil pipeline company Enbridge reported a by now-familiar event to the Wisconsin DNR – its Line 6 pipeline had spilled 70,000 gallons… Read more »
Winona County dairy decision a clean water victory
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Last Monday, the Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld Winona County’s decision not to let Daley Farm expand its dairy feedlot to nearly quadruple the county’s… Read more »
DNR comes through on recent Northland issues
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has come through for environmental protection in Northern Minnesota on two key issues in recent months, an encouraging sign… Read more »
MEP goes to DC for Lake Superior
Cristin Curwick, Minnesota Environmental Partnership The morning air was cold and damp on Thursday morning as we walked up the steps to the Longworth House Office Building in D.C.. We… Read more »
What’s next for Minnesota’s green trust fund
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Minnesota has had our share of close elections, and 2024 reinforced that history: the Presidential race was decided by a few percentage points, the Minnesota… Read more »
Minnesota remains a pro-environment state
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Environmental advocates across Minnesota and the nation have spent the past week grappling with the results of a divisive and contentious election, marked by widespread national… Read more »
DNR sides with residents against resort expansion
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Earlier this month, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) filed suit against Lake County’s planning commission to halt a resort expansion that could have… Read more »
EPA rule accelerates lead-free water efforts
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new federal rule that will require the vast majority of water service lines made with… Read more »
New shipping rules inadequate for Great Lakes protection
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Earlier this month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released new rules governing how ocean-going and newly built lake-going ships manage their ballast water –… Read more »