by Mallory Carter, Campus Beyond Coal Student Organizing Fellow
Campus Beyond Coal leaders Rachel VanAllen, Erik Lundborg, and Long Le prepare to deliver over 400 individual comments to the Public Utilities Commission in May.
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Kingfield Neighborhood Hosts Solar Tour
by Cassandra Hall
Hello! I’m Cassandra Hall, and I’m with the Sierra Club North Star Chapter this summer as their Clean Energies intern! If you have a clean energies story or event that you think I should cover, please email me…
Rolling Our Land To Death
I sat in a farmhouse one afternoon last month as a hot wind lifted rich topsoil from surrounding fields. On the drive in, I’d noticed a surprising amount of rill… Read more »
Take Action – Stop the Land Swap!
photo by Superior National Forest on Flickr
On Friday, members of the U.S. House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands will consider a bill that would risk the loss of more than 86,000 acres of Minnesota’s Superi…
As Senate Farm Bill Heads to Vote Next Week, Now’s the Time to Reform Crop Insurance
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 »
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 »