By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Next Wednesday, November 22 will mark the conclusion of the Public Utilities Commission’s public comment period on the proposed Enbridge Line 3 pipeline. Since late… Read more »
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Minnesota Faces the Climate Change Challenge
By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership This week, delegates from 195 countries are meeting for the COP23 conference in Bonn, Germany to work on solutions to climate change and further advance… Read more »
Student Voices Column: Government and Industries Have Moral Responsibility to Update Regulations on Pollutants
The above image is from Pine Bend Refinery in Rosemount, Minnesota Retrieved from: pinebendrefinery.com The Minnesota Environmental Partnership is proud to feature the following post as part of a series of… Read more »
Buffers Help Boost Minnesota Water Health
Wednesday, November 1 marked the deadline for Minnesota farmers to comply with the buffer law, which mandates that farms keep a 50-foot strip of perennial vegetation between their cropland and the… Read more »
Student Voices Column: Stop the “Poison Our Waters Act” Before We Poison Ourselves
The Minnesota Environmental Partnership is proud to feature the following post as part of a series of columns as part of a Student Voices Series issues. This is part of a continuing… Read more »
Insect Decline Demands Action
By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Last week, a multinational team of European scientists released the disturbing results of a study of insect populations tested throughout Germany. Their data confirmed a… Read more »
Sulfate Standard Change Would Weaken Wild Rice Protection
By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership This month, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is holding hearings on its proposed changes to the state’s Wild Rice Sulfate Standard, which regulates the level… Read more »
EPA Repeals Clean Power Plan, but Minnesota Moves Forward
photo credit: MPCA By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership This week, the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency announced the beginning of the repeal process for the Clean Power Plan,… Read more »
Mining Waste and a Big Dam Problem
photo credit: NASA By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Last month, the Department of Natural Resources released draft dam permitting for PolyMet’s proposed sulfide mine in Northern Minnesota, and opened… Read more »
A Greening, Electric Economy
A Greening, Electric Economy By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership In many discussions over the future of energy in Minnesota and around the United States, the debate is often framed as a basic argument… Read more »