Loon Commons blog
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We need a better way forward on traffic
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Last month, I had the misfortune to be the victim of a serious car collision, and the good fortune to survive with minor injuries. I was driving…
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MEP partners with Family Freedom Center, co-hosts Youth fishing event
Cristin Curwick, Northeast Minnesota Organizer, Minnesota Environmental Partnership The white van pulled into the parking lot at Chambers Grove Park. Family Freedom Center staff released the van door as eight kids spill…
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NorthMet tries new tricks to gain approval
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership The NorthMet copper-nickel mining project (formerly PolyMet) proposed near Babbitt and Hoyt Lakes hasn’t exactly met with success in the past few years. NorthMet’s state pollution permits…
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Looking ahead to trust fund vote in November
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership The United States General Election is now less than ninety days away, and it’s shaping up to be an especially historic one for Minnesota. The balance of…
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Opportunities, some risks for Minnesota as sustainable aviation hub
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EPA grants Minnesota $200 million for ag climate efforts
Last week, the US EPA announced that Minnesota will receive close to $200 million in federal dollars for a major climate action initiative, the Minnesota Climate-Smart Food Systems project.
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PUC considers path for 100% carbon-free law
Passed last year as the first of the session’s many big steps forward for climate and environment, the 100% law left a number of blanks for the PUC to fill in. Among the most critical: how to define “carbon-free?”
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Remembering Don Wyse, Green Revolution 2.0’s champion
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Minnesota’s floods have human fingerprints
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Environmental advocates call for agency accountability
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Last week, MEP along with 15 other advocacy groups announced the launch of People Not Polluters, a campaign demanding that our state’s key regulatory agencies use existing laws…