By Jody McIlrath I am a Planning Commissioner in Florence Township, which is in southeast Minnesota’s Goodhue County. I am also chair of the Save-The-Bluffs Citizen’s group and a new… Read more »
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Why Restricting Voter Rights is Bad for the Land & its People
By Mark Schultz Recently, the Land Stewardship Project joined “Our Vote, Our Future,” a coalition of over 70 organizations working to oppose the voter restriction amendment to the state constitution… Read more »
Otter Tail Power Study Misses the Mark
For Immediate ReleaseContact: Emily Rosenwasser, 312-251-1680 x119, Emily.Rosenwasser@sierraclub.org Jessica Tatro, 612-963-9642, Jessica.tatro@sierraclub.org
Otte…
Wind Energy Benefits Minnesota’s Workers and Farmers
by Joshua Low
“It really is an investment in the rural areas of this country.” That is what Minnesota Farmers Union President Doug Peterson said on a conference call with reporters last Thursday. Rural communities in…
Celebrating Plug in Day in St. Paul
Electric vehicle owners highlighted the fun, clean-air benefits and cost-savings of electric cars last Sunday, as part of the second annual National Plug In Day. The event took place in St. Paul in the South lot of Como Pavilion, by th…
Asthma By A Dozen Smokestacks
Environmental Justice Advocates of Minnesota and community members prepared this video testimony of their concerns with Northern Metals.
You’d think a business that recycles would be a-ok in Sierra Club’s book, so why then do we want add…
North Star Chapter Bikes for a Cause
Crossposted from Sierra Club Scrapbook
More than 120 people turned up for the Sierra Club North Star Chapter’s recent 17th Annual Bike Tour. The group rode around St. Paul learning about green transportation issues from speakers at stops a…
October 20 hike: Nine Mile Creek and the MInnesota River Valley
The Transit to Green Space Project continues with an outing using the bus to do a one-way hike through two beautiful valleys. We’ve recently explored the route, which takes us through near-in Metro area green spaces that retain a wild…
Interested in farming? Consider Morris Farm Beginnings
By the time he was 20, Nolan Lenzen had already completed a dairy management course at a local college and launched a farming career in partnership with his father and… Read more »
Fossil Fuel, Nuclear Impact On Water
By Will Nissen
This post originally appeared on August 7th on the MN 2020 blog and is reposted with permission. MN2020 is a nonpartisan, progressive think tank focusing on the issues that really matter: education, health care, transport…