As Dave Dempsey has pointed out, there is much to be proud of from this legislative session. Most of these victories came with broad, bi-partisan support.
Here’s a brief summary of the outcomes with the collaborative Protect Minnesota’s Great Outdoors package as well as some additional environmental victories from this session.
Increased funding for water, wildlife, and natural areas, as well as increased funding for transit, came close again this year, but failed to make it through.
What do Gary Botzek (one of the coolist lobbyists in St. Paul), Al Franken, Mr. T and I all have in common? This year, our birthday falls on the official last day of the 2007 legislation session – today.
Four days left in session but a great deal is still happening. Here’s the latest update from MEP lobbyist John Tuma.
the Governor has sent a letter to the conference committee members of the Energy Omnibus bill (SF 145) that seems wholy incompatible with his past statements on the need to address global warming pollution.
Word on the street is that at 1 p.m. today the Minnesota Supreme Court will publish their long-awaited opinion on a case driving efforts to clean up our lakes and rivers in Minnesota. Here’s some background:
Friends of the Mississippi River has an online video of their recent program with researcher Dr. Tyrone Hayes.
Two quick updates from today: Dedicated Funding Passed by the Taxes and Ways and Means committees today. Only committee left is Rules (coincidently chaired by the bill author) before a… Read more »
The legislative session only has six days before the constitution tells them to quit working. There’s still work for the environment left to be done though. Here’s were a couple of things stand as I understand them.
The Governor’s Conservation Legacy Council has presented their recommendations to the Governor. The Governor put out a press release that summarizes their three points as this: