Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership This week, two federal decisions dealt victories to clean water, one at the national level, and one in Minnesota. On Monday, an Arizona District Court… Read more »
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Standing against Line 3 in the face of a lockdown
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership In a departure from our usual MEP voice, this article is an opinion piece that has been written from the author’s personal perspective. I’ve been… Read more »
MEP joins call for state to Move On from PolyMet
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership This week, MEP joined a dozen organizations and more than one thousand individuals in signing on to the Move On from PolyMet campaign, an effort… Read more »
There is no more room for climate denial
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership As most of our readers will be aware, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report that said in no uncertain terms that… Read more »
Minnesota officially first clean cars state in the Midwest, with federal action coming soon
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Last Monday, the State of Minnesota officially adopted the Clean Cars rules proposed by the Pollution Control Agency under Governor Tim Walz. Starting in 2024,… Read more »
MEP and partners explore the next evolution of farming
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership On Monday, July 19, MEP and Friends of the Mississippi River co-hosted a field tour of the University of Minnesota’s Forever Green Initiative, a program to develop… Read more »
Great River Energy plans to break promise to shutter Coal Creek power plant
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership On June 30, Great River Energy announced that it planned to sell its Coal Creek Station power plant to Rainbow Energy, a North Dakota company…. Read more »
Senate ouster of MPCA commissioner continues pattern of environmental stonewalling
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Last Wednesday, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Commissioner Laura Bishop was pushed out of office after Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka informed her that the Senate… Read more »
The costs of hosting Enbridge pipelines pile up in Minnesota
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership The Minnesota Legislature passed a number of investments in the state’s natural environment this year. Apart from passing the overdue Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund… Read more »
Special session concludes with compromises, some key wins for Minnesota’s environment
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership As the Minnesota Legislature began its first special session 2021 last week, the DFL-controlled house and GOP-controlled Senate faced a deadline of June 30tht to… Read more »