Posts Tagged: External Blog

This week the Sierra Club North Star Chapter released our Biennial Legislative Scorecard. Unfortunately, the results show that the last two years were dominated by an anti-science legislature that was more beholden to special interests…

by Joel Mandella

The opening ceremony of the 8th Annual Chalchiutlicue Environmental Justice Summit truly began with a bang. I stood entranced as feathers of maroon, violet, and auburn blended into a warm fiery plume. Headdress f…

cross-posted from the Texas Green Report
by Kari Banta, Transportation Associate, Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter
Transportation choices: it’s the slogan of the Green Transportation campaign but it’s also at the heart …

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by Joshua Low
“It really is an investment in the rural areas of this country.” That is what Minnesota Farmers Union President Doug Peterson said on a conference call with reporters last Thursday.  Rural communities in…

Electric vehicle owners highlighted the fun, clean-air benefits and cost-savings of electric cars last Sunday, as part of the second annual National Plug In Day. The event took place in St. Paul in the South lot of Como Pavilion, by th…

Environmental Justice Advocates of Minnesota and community members prepared this video testimony of their concerns with Northern Metals.
You’d think a business that recycles would be a-ok in Sierra Club’s book, so why then do we want add…

Crossposted from Sierra Club Scrapbook
More than 120 people turned up for the Sierra Club North Star Chapter’s recent 17th Annual Bike Tour. The group rode around St. Paul learning about green transportation issues from speakers at stops a…

The Transit to Green Space Project continues with an outing using the bus to do a one-way hike through two beautiful valleys. We’ve recently explored the route, which takes us through near-in Metro area green spaces that retain a wild…

By Will Nissen

This post originally appeared on August 7th on the MN 2020 blog and is reposted with permission. MN2020 is a nonpartisan, progressive think tank focusing on the issues that really matter: education, health care, transport…