On Feb. 16, Congresswoman McCollum referred to Minnesota’s Valentines to the EPA when she spoke against budget cuts to environmental protection programs on the U.S. House Floor.
Posts Categorized: Health
Thanks for showing your love to the EPA
Thanks to everyone who participated in the We Heart EPA campaign! We are happy to report that the effort resulted in some great actions:
Thanks for a great meeting, Congresswoman McCollum
Last week, we were fortunate to have a meeting for our member organizations with U.S. Representative Betty McCollum. We had more than 40 people in attendance, representing two dozen organizations…. Read more »
Testimony from high schooler opposing bill on coal
“As a student of Stillwater Area High School and a member of Youth Environmental Activists of Minnesota, a metro-wide coalition of students concerned with environmental affairs, I am a daily witness to the passion and desire present in our generation to transform our already beautiful state into a more sustainably conscious home.
10th grader testifies against coal pollution
Cole Norgaarden, a 10th grader at the Blake School in Minneapolis, testified Thursday, Jan. 27 at the House Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Policy and Finance Committee during the hearing of House File 72. The bill proposes to repeal a Minnesota statute that limits carbon dioxide emissions by utilities.
Cancer Connection
October 10, 2007, may very well become known as “Minnesota Atrazine Day” in future years. Discussion of the widely-used herbicide started at 10 a.m. that day with Tyrone Hayes’ appearance… Read more »
Commissioner of Health leaving
Minnesota Public Radio is reporting that the Minnesota Commissioner of Health, Diane Mandernach, is leaving come October. Many have called for her resignation (such as State Senator Marty) over her… Read more »
New resource on PFCs
Clean Water Fund has a new webpage up with information on contamination from the 3M chemicals collectively grouped as PFCs that are polluting Minnesota’s lakes and rivers. Check out their press release… Read more »
Benefit Dinner for Paul Wotzka
To assist with the legal expenses of Paul Wotzka’s whistleblower lawsuit, there will be a benefit dinner at the Eagle Bluff Nature Center in Lanesboro on August 11 at 5:30 p.m. Here’s… Read more »
More tests show more PFC contamination
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) began testing wastewater treatment plants for the presence of PFCs last April. Turns out that water coming out of the Brainerd treatment plant is… Read more »