By Olivia Cashman
The Sierra Club North Star Chapter participated in the “Getting Real About Climate Change” forum by the League of Women Voters and Healthy Legacy on Thursday, March 14th at Mayflower Church in Minneapolis. The…
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Support Clean Energy & Jobs in Minnesota
The Minnesota Legislature is currently debating which policies should be included in their response to Governor Dayton’s call for “the next big leap forward on sustainable energy.” In fact, the Minnesota House Energy Policy Committee w…
Interview Ramon Leon: Climate Disruption
By Joshua Low, Sierra Club Organizing Representative
I sat down a couple weeks ago with Ramon Leon, Executive Director of the Latino Economic Development Center of Minnesota to talk about how climate disruption is impacting La…
Healthy Legacy for Minnesota
The Sierra Club North Star Chapter is a supporting organization of the Healthy Legacy coalition. Healthy Legacy is a public health coalition representing over one million Minnesotans that are dedicated to safe products, made …
What CapX2020 (& Bad Public Policy) Could Destroy
As LSP’s latest action alert makes clear, the companies behind the CapX2020 high voltage line are trying to get away with not paying for the true value of the Minnesota… Read more »
Clean Energy and Jobs Campaign Announced
By Stephanie Spitzer
As I mentioned when we started this solar blog series, we have a big opportunity this year to push the Minnesota legislature to pass legislation in support of a 10% solar standard by 2030.
Today, Tuesday, March …
CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES FOR MINNESOTA CLEAN ENERGY & JOBS
Labor, energy, business faith, youth, and conservation groups announce campaign to advance groundbreaking clean energy, jobs legislation SAINT PAUL, MN (March 5, 2013) More than 30 organizations — ranging from… Read more »
Rural Minnesota’s Burgeoning Clean Energy Economy
The videos below are from the Clean Energy Resource Team’s “Clean Energy Superheroes” series. They speak to the playful, yet promising spirit of Minnesotans working hard to build renewable energy solutions to replace existing, dirty energy….
Labor, energy, faith, youth, and conservation groups to announce campaign to advance groundbreaking clean energy, jobs plan
On Tuesday, March 5 at 9:30 a.m. in room 181 of the State Office Building, energy, business, faith, environment, and youth leaders will announce a campaign to advance a groundbreaking… Read more »
Is That a Trophy Hunter Knockin’ at Your Door?
What with farmland changing hands at price levels that would make a Beverly Hills realtor blanch, one could be forgiven for jumping to an obvious conclusion: Farm Country is flush… Read more »