By J. Drake Hamilton, science policy director, Fresh Energy Is America losing its competitive edge in science, medicine, engineering, and energy? According to a June 2008 poll conducted on behalf… Read more »
Posts By: Minnesota Environmental Partnership
A Day in the Field
By Rachel Wilf, MEP Civic Engagement Project Intern On June 13th I traveled in a minivan for four and a half hours through the rolling hills of northern Minnesota. The… Read more »
Oil drilling in Lake Superior?
With the news last week of the two final Great Lakes states passing the Compact (the governors of MI and PA are expected to sign it after lawmakers recently passed… Read more »
Is your favorite lake polluted?
Conservation Minnesota’s new website Check My Lake continues to shine a light on the state of Minnesota’s water quality.
Everyone wants to be like Minnesota
You know what they say about imitation and flattery. In 2007, Minnesota led the effort to provide uniform protection for new or expanding water usage within the Great Lakes basin,… Read more »
Maria Energia Goes to Texas
Blogger Maria Surma Manka (Maria Energia to her readers) was invited by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) to cover their WINDPOWER 2008 conference in Houston during the first week… Read more »
WCCO TV: Big Stone, Bigger Problem
Don Shelby reminds Gov. Pawlenty that approving the transmission lines for Big Stone II would contradict the governor’s image as a renewable energy leader. Watch Don Shelby’s segment, “In the… Read more »
Central Corridor and the history of University Avenue
From Transit for Livable Communities: Check this out: Awesome MPR interactive piece on how Central Corridor might impact University Avenue, with images and stories about the street’s past and present.
Capitol Update for May 30, 2008
This week’s update from lobbyist John Tuma: “Something happens to a man when he sits before a fire. Strange stirrings take place within him, and a light comes into his… Read more »
Capitol Update for May 23, 2008
This week’s update from lobbyist John Tuma: “If all the good things I have ever done are remembered as long and as well as my scrap with Shields, it is… Read more »