by Joel Mandella
The Southwest Corridor LRT line would span 15.5 miles, and pass through the cities of St. Louis Park, Hopkins, Minnetonka, Eden Prairie, and near Edina. It would create a clean transportation choice for the region, over…
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Grow with MEP and receive a free Chinook Book
The sun is shining, the days are getting longer and you are undoubtedly enjoying all that Minnesota’s Great Outdoors has to offer. Now is the perfect time to let the… Read more »
Battling Diabetes on the Street & in the Garden
One can almost detect the longing in Denise Crews’ voice when she describes what foods she misses the most since she was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. “The hardest thing… Read more »
Students Wrap Up a Semester of Clean Energy Organizing at the University of Minnesota
by Mallory Carter, Campus Beyond Coal Student Organizing Fellow
Campus Beyond Coal leaders Rachel VanAllen, Erik Lundborg, and Long Le prepare to deliver over 400 individual comments to the Public Utilities Commission in May.
Students…
Kingfield Neighborhood Hosts Solar Tour
by Cassandra Hall
Hello! I’m Cassandra Hall, and I’m with the Sierra Club North Star Chapter this summer as their Clean Energies intern! If you have a clean energies story or event that you think I should cover, please email me…
Rolling Our Land To Death
I sat in a farmhouse one afternoon last month as a hot wind lifted rich topsoil from surrounding fields. On the drive in, I’d noticed a surprising amount of rill… Read more »
Take Action – Stop the Land Swap!
photo by Superior National Forest on Flickr
On Friday, members of the U.S. House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands will consider a bill that would risk the loss of more than 86,000 acres of Minnesota’s Superi…
As Senate Farm Bill Heads to Vote Next Week, Now’s the Time to Reform Crop Insurance
By Adam Warthesen, Land Stewardship Project— Well, this is it. The Senate Ag Committee’s version of the 2012 Farm Bill is up for a floor vote the week of June… Read more »
Diverse Coalition Urges Farm Operators To Do Their Fair Share to Clean Up Rivers
St. Paul, MN (May 29, 2012) – A unique coalition of Minnesota cities, conservation groups and farm and business representatives today called upon the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to hold… Read more »
Senator Sanders and Rep. Ellison Introduce the ‘End Polluter Welfare Act’
Crossposted from Sierra Club Compass, originally posted 5/10/2012
Every year, massive oil companies like Exxon and Chevron make headlines for the billions in profits they rake in at the expense of our environment, our economy and the healt…