On November 3, 2016 PolyMet filed its Permit to Mine with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. This year has seen a flurry of permit applications by PolyMet, all leading… Read more »
Posts By: Abbie Plouff, MEP Northeast Minnesota Program Coordinator
Report from Standing Rock
Editors note: Minnesota Environmental Partnership’s Northeast Minnesota Program Coordinator Abbie Plouff and Great Lakes Program Coordinator Irene Folstrom headed out this week to assist the Standing Rock Camp’s protest against… Read more »
Legislative Session Wrap-Up: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
The Minnesota Legislature adjourned ahead of its constitutional deadline, and now as happened last year, everyone needs to sort out what just happened. A Supplemental Appropriations Bill was passed to… Read more »
Broadband For All: Supporting Sustainable Development in Greater MN
This issue is perhaps a little unexpected, coming from us. Why would I take time on Earth Day to tell you about broadband development and environmentalism? It’s very important. … Read more »
Complete the Perennial Biofuels Program in 2016
Farming is a Minnesota legacy. Clean water is a legacy Governor Mark Dayton hopes to leave behind. These two things don’t need to be at odds, and legislation to support… Read more »