“Clean, fresh water is vital to all life. It is key to our image of who we are as Minnesotans and what we want for our children, and it is… Read more »
Posts By: Minnesota Environmental Partnership
Bumblebee Brunch
Statistic of the day: every third bite of food is the direct or indirect result of the work of pollinators like bees. That’s why so many people are worked up… Read more »
When a picture is worth more than 1,000 words
by Lynne Bly, Transportation Policy Director, Fresh Energy Don’t you sometimes have the sense that if only the folks we policy wonk types are trying to persuade about the consequences… Read more »
Kill ‘Em All & Let Nature Do the Sorting
I just returned from Iowa and my ears are still ringing from the gut-crunching drone of low-flying airplanes—the kind that seem to be all engine and spray nozzles. About a… Read more »
A Fresh Alternative in Bar & Grill Country
Sometimes it seems like the owner of the Café Wren has a better idea of what’s going on in John Adams’ vegetable plots than he does. “I think she has… Read more »
Not sure where your candidates for Congress stand on energy issues? Ask them!
by Carin Skoog, global warming solutions coordinator, Fresh Energy Just this morning (Thursday, August 21st), the 3rd Congressional district candidates for Congress squared off in their first debate. Hosted by… Read more »
Dazed & Confused at Farmfest
Late last Tuesday afternoon I and around a dozen crop farmers emerged from the air-conditioned confines of the “Biofuture” trailer. Like abductees departing an alien mothership, we blinked in the… Read more »
New climate justice report urges fair climate policy solutions
by Erin Stojan Ruccolo, program coordinator, Fresh Energy As consideration of the finer mechanics of a regional cap and trade program are underway through the Midwestern Governor’s Association, a recently… Read more »
High School Senior Holds Green Jobs House Party
Download Video High school senior Lily Andrews wants to improve the environment and the economy, so she and her friends gathered to write letters to Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty… Read more »
MPCA criticizes ‘cargo sweeping’ in Great Lakes
Interesting comments from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency on the practice of washing coal and other residue off freighters into the Great Lakes. “Minnesota solid waste rules prohibit the disposal… Read more »