Environmental Insider

  A Greening, Electric Economy In many discussions over the future of energy in Minnesota and around the United States, the debate is often framed as a basic argument between protecting the environment and keeping jobs. Proponents…

  Great Lakes Commission Visits Duluth, Talks Water and Infrastructure Solutions On Tuesday and Thursday, September 19-20, the city of Duluth hosted the annual meeting of the Great Lakes Commission (GLC), an interstate compact dedicated to…

    MEP Welcomes Commerce Testimony on Line 3 On Monday, September 11, the Minnesota Department of Commerce released an analysis arguing that the proposed Enbridge Line 3 replacement pipeline, which would carry Alberta tar sands…

    The Wild Rice Harvest Begins, Under Threat from Oil Pipelines At the end of every Minnesota summer, a centuries-old tradition continues on the waters home to the plant the Ojibwe…

      photo credit: Freshwater Society                                    White Bear Lake Ruling May Impact Other MN…

    MEP Calls for Better Groundwater Pollution Solution Today, August 25, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is closing the comment period for its draft Nitrogen Fertilizer Rule, which theoretically aims to…

    Sustainability at the State Fair The Minnesota State Fair is only a few days away, and many of MEP’s friends and partners are preparing to join in the festivities in…

   map credit: Stop Line 3 Native youth take the lead to protect Minnesota from pipeline On Saturday, August 12, a team of indigenous youth will launch canoes in Itasca State Park, at the headwaters of the…

   photo credit: MPCA EPA reverses delay of air-quality rules On Wednesday, August 2, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it was undoing a previous decision to delay implementing new smog rules that…

   photo credit: MPCA EPA reverses delay of air-quality rules On Wednesday, August 2, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it was undoing a previous decision to delay implementing new smog rules that…