This month, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/buffers/index.html) will begin steps to implement Governor Mark Dayton’s new landmark buffer initiative, that was signed into law last month. The law… Read more »
Posts By: Minnesota Environmental Partnership
Big week for Minnesota’s pipelines: What’s your plan?
Written by MEP’s Andrew Slade – Whether you’re a committed pipeline opponent, an energy policy nerd, or a concerned parent, you could find that the first week in June will… Read more »
MEP and member groups urge conferees to pass budget bill without dirty water restrictions
Minnesota Environmental Partnership and our member groups delivered two letters urging Conference Committee members and members of the Minnesota Legislature to pass a clean environment budget bill without dirty water… Read more »
Earth Day: Reflecting on our community
Written by Lindsey Wilson, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Ever since the first Earth Day, clean air, clean water, and healthy ecosystems have been recognized as integral to the American way of… Read more »
MONDAY: Minnesota Environmental Partnership Announcing Sulfide Mining Poll on Press Call
(April 10, 2015, St. Paul, Minn.) — During a call press call the afternoon of Monday, April 13, 2015, the Minnesota Environmental Partnership (MEP) will present the findings of a… Read more »
Helping Monarchs & Honey Bees at Scale
Written by Michael Noble, executive director of MEP member group Fresh Energy We worked for years to ensure Minnesota leads the way in the transition to a clean energy economy…. Read more »
Deal Forged on Bioeconomy Legislation
MINNEAPOLIS (April 2, 2015) – Biobased industry, agriculture, and environmental interests reached agreement this week on legislation that would create production-based incentives for renewable chemicals, advanced biofuels and biomass thermal… Read more »
MEP’s summarized testimony on bill that would modify the duties of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Citizens’ Board
On March 12, 2015, Minnesota Environmental Partnership’s executive director Steve Morse delivered testimony summarized below regarding a new bill that would modify the duties of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Citizens’… Read more »
Land Stewardship Project’s 10th Annual Family Farm Breakfast and Day at the Capitol
Forever Green: Alternative, off-season crops could benefit economy as well as ecology
By Julie Lund of the University of Minnesota’s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resources Sciences (CFANS). Posted on CFANS website: http://www.cfans.umn.edu/about/solutions/forever-green Minnesota has 27 million acres of farmland dominated… Read more »