By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership This Friday, January 31, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) will hold a public comment hearing on the Enbridge Line 3 oil pipeline replacement. This hearing will inform the… Read more »
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Is momentum turning against sulfide mining in Minnesota?
Decision on PolyMet, bill to protect BWCAW are encouraging signs By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership On Monday, the Minnesota Court of Appeals dealt a breakthrough victory to tribal and… Read more »
Walz Administration releases major clean water bonding proposal
By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership On Friday, Governor Tim Walz announced a proposal to leverage $300 million in state bonding dollars to upgrade and replace water infrastructure across Minnesota…. Read more »
Court orders computer search for MPCA information on PolyMet
By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership – (@mattjdoll) On Tuesday, Ramsey County District Judge John Guthmann ordered that a forensic search be conducted on the computers of former top Minnesota Pollution Control… Read more »
MPCA completes assessment of all Minnesota watersheds, finds many lacking
By Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership – (@mattjdoll) This week, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) announced that for the first time, it had completed an assessment of all the watersheds in… Read more »
US to start Paris Agreement withdrawal, Minnesota keeps moving forward
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 »
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 »
Say No to Proposed New Fracked Gas Plant Near Lake Superior
By Jessica Tritsch, Senior Campaign Representative, Beyond Coal Campaign For more than two years, Sierra Club has been working to stop the proposed Nemadji Trail Energy Center (NTEC) gas plant…. 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 »