Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership On Thursday, February 24th, the Minnesota House Environment and Natural Resources Committee heard two promising bills that would help to limit the exposure of Minnesotans… Read more »
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Federal plan would accelerate Great Lakes cleanups
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership This week, President Joe Biden and EPA Administrator Michael Regan announced a plan to use most of a $1 billion investment in the Great Lakes from the… Read more »
MPCA seeks broad community input
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, or MPCA, is currently soliciting community feedback on environmental concerns and agency practices in a survey that closes this Tuesday, February 15th…. Read more »
Legislature may finally get the lead out of Minnesota water and wildlife
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Lead poisoning is one of the oldest medical conditions known to humankind. It’s a virtually irreversible, permanent disease caused by exposure to lead through ingestion… Read more »
MN momentum is for clean water, not sulfide mines
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership At times, it has seemed like Minnesota would soon see copper-nickel sulfide mining projects breaking ground near our most vulnerable waters, destroying climate-critical wetlands and… Read more »
Legislative plans would be a big boost for Minnesota climate action
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Earlier this week, the Minnesota House Climate Action Caucus unveiled its 2022 Minnesota Climate Action Plan. This plan consists of a series of proposals that would… Read more »
Caucusing is two weeks way – here’s what you need to know
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Minnesotans are well known for doing some things a little differently from much of the rest of the nation; among them are the hot dish… Read more »
Sulfide mining debate continues, despite lack of need
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership It feels like it’s been forever that international corporations have planned sulfide mines for northeast Minnesota. Maybe it’s taking long enough that it will become… Read more »
Our 2022 priorities focus on climate, environmental justice
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership In late November, the MEP team including members, staff, and our Board of Directors finalized our coalition’s 2022 Collaborative Priorities. This document will help set MEP’s… Read more »
MEP works to dispel myth of ethanol as a climate solution
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership On Monday, December 6, MEP and 20 allied organizations called on the Minnesota House of Representatives to fix a problem that is deeply entrenched in… Read more »