Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership This week, the shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline due to a cyberattack led to surges in fuel prices across the eastern U.S. before it was… Read more »
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Senate holds environment budget hostage over Clean Cars, proposes rollbacks
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership On Tuesday, May 4, through the Chair of the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Finance Committee, the Minnesota Senate issued an ultimatum on the state’s… Read more »
A victory for clean water: PolyMet permit goes back to DNR
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership On Wednesday, April 28, the Minnesota Supreme Court issued a decision on the PolyMet copper-nickel sulfide mine proposal that puts another wrench into the works… Read more »
Is the tide turning on climate action?
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership This week, President Joe Biden announced a pledge for the United States to cut our climate pollution emissions by at least 50% of 2005 levels… Read more »
Coalition launches Climate Report Card for Gov. Walz
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership On Thursday, a coalition of 17 Minnesota organizations including MEP released a Climate Action Report Card that graded Governor Tim Walz on his administration’s climate action efforts… Read more »
House Environment Bill offers a lifeline to Minnesota’s natural resources
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership This week, the Minnesota House Environment and Natural Resources released its omnibus budget bill, H.F. 1076. This bill is chock full of projects and protections… Read more »
Biden’s infrastructure proposal would be a boon for climate and drinking water
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership This week, the Biden Administration released the American Jobs Plan, a $2 trillion national infrastructure proposal that would have enormous implications for the country’s environment and… Read more »
PolyMet permit pause may signal turning tide on sulfide mining
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Last week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers suspended a key permit for the PolyMet sulfide ore mining project, tapping the brakes on the project… Read more »
Haaland makes history, heads Interior Department at a critical time
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership On Thursday, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland made history upon her swearing-in as the first Native American woman in the United States Cabinet and… Read more »
As ground thaws, Minnesotans keep standing against Line 3
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership On Thursday, hundreds of people gathered in St. Paul near the Ford Parkway Bridge across the Mississippi to speak out against the Enbridge Line 3… Read more »