Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership The Minnesota Attorney General’s office secured a key legal victory last week in its lawsuit against fossil fuel industry groups for their climate deceptions. A… Read more »
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Legislature considers troubling permitting changes
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership On Thursday, February 13, the Minnesota House Environment and Natural Resources Committee considered a bill, HF 8, that would have significant impacts on the state… Read more »
Appeals Court hands North Shore communities a win on mining waste
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership On Monday, the Minnesota Court of Appeals unanimously overturned a decision by the Minnesota DNR not to require an environmental impact statement for Northshore Mining’s… Read more »
Environmental groups sue state over nitrate inaction
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Last week, MEP member groups Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA), Minnesota Trout Unlimited, and Minnesota Well Owners Organization (MNWOO) filed suit against two Minnesota state agencies,… Read more »
Minnesota needs action on neonic pesticides
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Though the recent cold snap has made it feel far off, spring is a few months away. Once the ground thaws, millions of acres of… Read more »
Minnesota’s new PFAS law in force, under threat
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership On January 1st, Minnesota welcomed both a new year and new protections against PFAS, a class of dangerous “forever chemicals.” Eleven categories of consumer products… Read more »
MEP releases 2025 policy priorities
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership With a temporarily-tied Senate, a hotly-contested House, and significant disagreements between the two parties, the 2025 session of the Minnesota Legislature is looking to be… Read more »
Enbridge Line 6 spills in Wisconsin
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Last month, Canadian oil pipeline company Enbridge reported a by now-familiar event to the Wisconsin DNR – its Line 6 pipeline had spilled 70,000 gallons… Read more »
Winona County dairy decision a clean water victory
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Last Monday, the Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld Winona County’s decision not to let Daley Farm expand its dairy feedlot to nearly quadruple the county’s… Read more »
DNR comes through on recent Northland issues
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has come through for environmental protection in Northern Minnesota on two key issues in recent months, an encouraging sign… Read more »