Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership This week, MEP is proud to announce our 2024 Collaborative Priorities – a list of ideas to protect and invest in Minnesota’s people and natural resources this… Read more »
Posts By: Matt Doll
Bonding session presents environmental opportunities
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership As the Minnesota Legislature begins its 2024 session, a shorter sequel to its extremely productive efforts last year is expected. As we’ve extensively covered, last… Read more »
Duluthians look toward more Legislative climate wins
Cristin Curwick, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Local residents, community leaders, and legislators hustled in, one by one, through the Unitarian Universalist Congregation doors, anxious to escape the chill of a January… Read more »
Major climate lawsuit to stay in Minnesota court
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Last week, the United States Supreme Court declared that the State of Minnesota’s lawsuit against several oil giants for deception on climate change would stay… Read more »
Report shows new crops’ benefits for farms, water
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Earlier this month, MEP member organization Friends of the Mississippi River (FMR) released a new report on one of the most promising solutions to Minnesota’s water quality… Read more »
COP28 conference brings progress, frustrations
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Last Tuesday marked the conclusion of the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (also known as the Conference of the Parties, or COP), which brought the… Read more »
Judge recommends DNR deny PolyMet permit
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Rounding out a year in which sulfide mining plans in Minnesota have faced setback after setback, an Administrative Law Judge told the Minnesota DNR this… Read more »
Regulatory failures emerge across the state
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Minnesotans in both the Driftless region and the heart of south Minneapolis have received rude awakenings this month, with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stepping… Read more »
Biden speech highlights Minnesota’s farming crossroads
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership President Biden’s Wednesday visit to Minnesota brought him to a Northfield hog farm, where a group of Minnesotans – including MEP Executive Director Steve Morse… Read more »
Twin Metals asks DNR to allow new search for minerals
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership The Twin Metals sulfide ore mining project is more or less dead (at least for now), thanks to a federal mining ban and revoked mineral… Read more »