7.20.2012 // This one-day course uses a combination of lecture and classroom activities to teach the basics of solar electric systems.
Posts Tagged: External Blog
Getting Out in Nature with the Sierra Club
By Joel Mandella
The crisp crunch of golden leaves underfoot, the smarting touch of a mid-winter breath, the first rivulets of water through an iridescent icy waterfall, the sweet scent of ripening fruits mixed with smells of rich soil. …
Coldwater Spring ‘Sneak Peek’ outing
See the full gallery on Posterous
What: Coldwater Spring will be a new unit of our local national park, MNRRA (Mississippi National River and Recreation Area), 72 miles of the Mississippi and environs through the metro area. It…
Beyond Oil: Pipeline Safety Issues Highlighted in Bemidji
In 1979, an oil pipeline rupture near Bemidji spilled over 450,000 gallons of crude. After the cleanup, nearly a quarter of the oil was still in the ground – and remains to this day.
State leaders from MN350 and Sierra Club, alon…
BREAKING: Minnesotans celebrate record-breaking support for curbing carbon pollution
Minnesotans joined together on Monday to highlight the broad public support for the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed carbon pollution standard—a proposed standard to limit industrial carbon pollution from new power plants.
St. Paul Manufacturer Viking Tool Cuts Waste and Energy Use
by Matt Dybedahl
Over the last five years many businesses have been becoming more environmentally cautious with the way their companies produce, manufacture, and promote their products. Companies are positioning themselves as part of the…
More than 2 million comments supporting EPA protections against carbon pollution and climate change collected
Today, a broad coalition of groups supporting clean air safeguards announced they have collected more than two million comments in support of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Carbon Pollution Standard, which limits industrial carbon pollution from new power plants.
Minnesota Legislature Blocks Southwest Corridor Light Rail
by Joel Mandella
The Southwest Corridor LRT line would span 15.5 miles, and pass through the cities of St. Louis Park, Hopkins, Minnetonka, Eden Prairie, and near Edina. It would create a clean transportation choice for the region, over…
Students Wrap Up a Semester of Clean Energy Organizing at the University of Minnesota
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.
Students…
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…