By Adam Warthesen, Land Stewardship Project— Well, this is it. The Senate Ag Committee’s version of the 2012 Farm Bill is up for a floor vote the week of June… Read more »
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Diverse Coalition Urges Farm Operators To Do Their Fair Share to Clean Up Rivers
St. Paul, MN (May 29, 2012) – A unique coalition of Minnesota cities, conservation groups and farm and business representatives today called upon the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to hold… Read more »
Senator Sanders and Rep. Ellison Introduce the ‘End Polluter Welfare Act’
Crossposted from Sierra Club Compass, originally posted 5/10/2012
Every year, massive oil companies like Exxon and Chevron make headlines for the billions in profits they rake in at the expense of our environment, our economy and the healt…
Minnesota Youth Environmental Network Ready to Take Off!
Written by Christy Newell, Research Assistant, Emerging Leaders Program The Minnesota Youth Environmental Network recently hosted the First Annual Spring Gathering, bringing youth leaders from across the state together to… Read more »
Temperance River State Hike
by Timothy Jung
Sierra Club North Star Chapter organized a 6 mile hike at Temperance River State Park on Saturday May 12th. Our group of 7 began at the park entrance and hiked up the deep Temperance River gorge. We enjoyed Hidden Fa…
2012’s Environmental Gains and Losses
By Steve Morse, executive director of MEP Now that the 2012 Legislative session has ended and the commotion about the stadium has somewhat subsided, let’s look back at what our… Read more »
Minnesota’s Bright Energy Future
by Michelle Rosier, Sr. Regional Organizing Manager
I grew up the daughter of an iron ore miner, acutely aware that my hometown economy relied on a business that was quite literally slowly consuming the town as the mine expanded. Wh…
Lecture on Clean Water Act
G. Tracy Mehan III, an environmental consultant and former top water-quality official in the Environmental Protection Agency, will present a free public lecture on the Clean Water Act, enacted 40… Read more »
Gov’s signing of Enviro, Game and Fish bills disappointing
Statement by Steve Morse, executive director of the Minnesota Environmental Partnership Omnibus Environment and Game and Fish Bills’ passage further chips away at Minnesota’s environmental foundation Legislative Approval of Rules… Read more »
Coalition letter to Gov. Dayton about three environmental bills
On May 1, members of the Minnesota Environmental Partnership sent the following letter to Governor Mark Dayton: Dear Governor Dayton, As you know, this Legislature has made a number of… Read more »