By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership – (@mattjdoll) This week marked the beginning of the end of the federal government’s participation in the Paris Climate Agreement. Despite the clear and present necessity… Read more »
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Railroad proposes to take MN water southwest
Unlike Great Lakes, inland waters have relatively few protections By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership – (@mattjdoll) On Thursday, the Star Tribune reported that the company Progressive Rail has offered an unprecedented new… Read more »
Court continues PolyMet permit suspension, thanks to tribal and environmental advocacy
By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership – (@mattjdoll) On Thursday, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ordered that the permit to mine for the PolyMet project would continue to be suspended while it… Read more »
Court of Appeals deals an obstacle into Daley Farms expansion permit
By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership – (@mattjdoll) On Monday, October 14 the Minnesota Court of Appeals made a significant ruling in the case of Daley Farms, a Winona County dairy operation… Read more »
Climate adaptation: the biggest threat and opportunity for Minnesota farms
By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership – (@mattjdoll) So far, 2019 has seen Minnesota’s skies break monthly precipitation records across the board, Given the soggy first weeks of October, it seems quite… Read more »
PUC will reconsider Line 3 approval this February, resistance remains energized
By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership – (@mattjdoll) This week, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) commenced a new stage in the consideration process for the Enbridge Line 3 oil pipeline.. Roughly… Read more »
Clean Cars plan is a win-win step for Minnesota
By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership – (@mattjdoll) On Wednesday, as part of Climate Week in Minnesota, the Walz Administration announced its intent to make Minnesota the latest of 15 states to begin… Read more »
Keeping “forever chemicals” out of Minnesota waters
By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership This week, the US House Oversight Subcommittee on Environment held hearings on a growing health and safety issue in our waters and environments, especially… Read more »
Minnesotans join with global climate strike September 20
By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership On September 20, the second year of the Global Climate Strike movement will be well-represented here in Minnesota. Ten events across the state have been registered with the… Read more »
Empowering Minnesotans to start clean commuting
By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership – (@mattjdoll) Two weeks ago, we reported on efforts to making Minnesota’s transportation sector – our number one source of carbon emissions – cleaner and… Read more »