Public Advisor Minnesota Public Utilities Commission 121 7th Place East St. Paul, MN 55101 January 16, 2020 Regarding: PUC Docket Numbers: PL-9/CN-14-916 and PL-9/PPL-15-137 Thank you for taking comments on… Read more »
Posts By: Matt Doll
Walz Administration releases major clean water bonding proposal
By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership On Friday, Governor Tim Walz announced a proposal to leverage $300 million in state bonding dollars to upgrade and replace water infrastructure across Minnesota…. Read more »
Court orders computer search for MPCA information on PolyMet
By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership – (@mattjdoll) On Tuesday, Ramsey County District Judge John Guthmann ordered that a forensic search be conducted on the computers of former top Minnesota Pollution Control… Read more »
MPCA completes assessment of all Minnesota watersheds, finds many lacking
By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership – (@mattjdoll) This week, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) announced that for the first time, it had completed an assessment of all the watersheds in… Read more »
US to start Paris Agreement withdrawal, Minnesota keeps moving forward
By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership – (@mattjdoll) This week marked the beginning of the end of the federal government’s participation in the Paris Climate Agreement. Despite the clear and present necessity… Read more »
Railroad proposes to take MN water southwest
Unlike Great Lakes, inland waters have relatively few protections By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership – (@mattjdoll) On Thursday, the Star Tribune reported that the company Progressive Rail has offered an unprecedented new… Read more »
Court continues PolyMet permit suspension, thanks to tribal and environmental advocacy
By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership – (@mattjdoll) On Thursday, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ordered that the permit to mine for the PolyMet project would continue to be suspended while it… Read more »
Court of Appeals deals an obstacle into Daley Farms expansion permit
By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership – (@mattjdoll) On Monday, October 14 the Minnesota Court of Appeals made a significant ruling in the case of Daley Farms, a Winona County dairy operation… Read more »
Climate adaptation: the biggest threat and opportunity for Minnesota farms
By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership – (@mattjdoll) So far, 2019 has seen Minnesota’s skies break monthly precipitation records across the board, Given the soggy first weeks of October, it seems quite… Read more »
PUC will reconsider Line 3 approval this February, resistance remains energized
By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership – (@mattjdoll) This week, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) commenced a new stage in the consideration process for the Enbridge Line 3 oil pipeline.. Roughly… Read more »