Loon Commons blog
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Special session may follow after Legislative fizzle
Minnesota’s 2022 Legislative Session reached its constitutional deadline after a frantic but ultimately unfruitful week of activity at the Capitol. From MEP’s perspective, more progress was left on the table than passed despite a record-high budget surplus, but a few bright spots on MEP priorities did make it through the gridlock.
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Minnesota has every reason to reforest and re-prairie
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership On Monday, the City of Minneapolis and the city’s Parks and Recreation Board unveiled a $1 million plan to plant 200,000 trees throughout the city. City and…
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Where things stand at the Capitol in session’s final days
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Much like the arrival of warm weather here in Minnesota, the final week of the 2022 Legislative Session has snuck up on many of us. With the…
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Fond du Lac Band, backed by EPA, may protect its waters with halt to PolyMet wetland permit
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Last week, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa achieved a major and unprecedented win in their effort to protect their lands and waters from…
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New Blue Line route is an environmental justice win
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Last week, Hennepin County and the Metropolitan Council announced their new preferred route for the Blue Line light rail extension, a major transit project that would connect communities in…
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As Legislature returns, Senate environment bill is riddled with issues
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Tomorrow, the Minnesota Legislature will return from the Easter/Passover break and return to the work of crafting spending and policy omnibus bills. These large bills package provisions…
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Legislature may let Minnesotans renew, enhance Environment Trust Fund amendment through 2050
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership In 2024, one of Minnesota’s most popular constitutional amendments is scheduled toexpire. Not the amendment to abolish the office of State Treasurer, or the amendment to allow…
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More aquifers were breached by Line 3 than previously thought
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Earlier this week, the Minnesota DNR reported that Canadian oil company Enbridge’s Line 3 oil pipeline has inflicted even more damage than Minnesotans realized on Minnesota’s waters.…
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Minnesota is heavily reliant on fossil fuels. We don’t need to be.
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership As of this writing, the average price for a gallon of unleaded gas in the state of Minnesota is about $3.92. That’s not the highest price our…
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Bipartisan bills would support clean crop development
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership On Wednesday, the Minnesota Senate Agriculture Committee heard testimony on two bills that would help build a growing agricultural revolution on Minnesota farmland by supporting research, development,…