Posts Categorized: Funding for the Environment

Budget Bites: Big change in deficit number doesn’t mean our budget troubles are over

Posted February 28th, 2011 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under Funding for the Environment, State Budget.

When the state’s February forecast was released Monday morning, the news was surprising: Minnesota’s budget deficit for FY 2012-13 had fallen from $6.2 billion to $5.0 billion (or $6.0 billion if the cost of inflation is included).

Betty McCollum cites MN’s EPA Valentines on U.S. House Floor

Posted February 22nd, 2011 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under Civic Engagement, Energy, Federal Budget, Funding for the Environment, Health, Land Conservation, Water.

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.

Budget Bites: In case you missed our Governor’s Budget Briefing

Posted February 21st, 2011 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under Civic Engagement, Energy, Funding for the Environment, Legislature, State Budget.

Around 100 participants joined us for the Minnesota Budget Project’s Governor’s Budget Briefing on Friday, in which Abigail Read of Minnesota Management and Budget provided an overview of Governor Dayton’s budget recommendations.

Thanks for showing your love to the EPA

Posted February 16th, 2011 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under Civic Engagement, Energy, Federal Budget, Funding for the Environment, Great Lakes, Health, Land Conservation, Parks and Trails, Water.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the We Heart EPA campaign! We are happy to report that the effort resulted in some great actions:

Budget Bites: Dayton uses a balanced approach to balance the budget

Posted February 15th, 2011 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under Funding for the Environment, State Budget.

This morning, Governor Dayton presented a budget proposal that takes a balanced approach to solving the state’s $6.2 billion deficit through a combination of spending reductions and revenue increases.

Budget Bites: President Obama’s budget would cut spending, raise revenue to reduce deficits

Posted February 14th, 2011 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under Federal Budget, Funding for the Environment.

President Obama’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2012 represents a good-faith effort to take a balanced approach to deficit reduction by proposing a mix of significant spending cuts, some increased investments as well as raising revenues by allowing high-income tax cuts to expire as scheduled in 2012 and closing numerous tax loopholes.

Thanks for a great meeting, Congresswoman McCollum

Posted February 14th, 2011 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under Civic Engagement, Energy, Federal Budget, Funding for the Environment, Health.

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. Thanks to our members who participated! Congresswoman McCollum (who represents Minnesota’s 4th district) provided some great insight into the federal budget through her work on… Read more »

Minnesota Budget Project to hold briefing on Governor’s Budget

Posted February 4th, 2011 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under Civic Engagement, Energy, Funding for the Environment, Great Lakes, Legislature, Parks and Trails, State Budget, Transit and Transportation, Water.

Governor Dayton will release his budget plan on Feb. 15. Come get a look at the details Feb. 18, at 1 p.m., from Abigail Read, Executive Budget Coordinator at Minnesota Management & Budget.

Urge Congress to fund Great Lakes Restoration

Posted February 4th, 2011 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under Civic Engagement, Federal Budget, Funding for the Environment, Great Lakes, Water.

It is critical that members hear from their constituents about the importance of funding the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

Testimony from high schooler opposing bill on coal

Posted January 31st, 2011 by Kara Cook, Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under Civic Engagement, Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment, Energy, Funding for the Environment, Health, Legislature, Water.

“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.