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As U.S. skips climate summit, Minnesota moves forward
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Earlier this week, world leaders and delegations congregated in Belém, Brazil at the COP30 conference to discuss the world’s most critical health and security issue: the warming…
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MEP’s work makes Minnesotans healthier
It’s not a pipe dream to think that every family in Minnesota should have access to clean, affordable drinking water. It’s a tall order, to be sure, but at the Minnesota Environmental Partnership (MEP),…
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Energy-hungry data centers run into local opposition
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership In March, we published a column on the energy and water costs of large data centers, the latest industry eager to plant itself in Minnesota to take advantage of…
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State’s Climate Action Framework open for comment
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Minnesotans received an uncomfortable reminder of the consequences of climate change a month ago, with high-80s temperatures and high humidity bringing August swampiness to the first week…
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Minnesota works to tackle drinking water challenges
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership It might feel easy to take water access for granted in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Yes, we face droughts, and some communities have faced water restrictions…
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DNR opens Community Grants site before program launch
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Whatever Minnesotans’ disagreements on politics, the weather, or preferred state fair food, we’re largely in agreement that Minnesota should fund environment and conservation projects using the state…
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Two sides debate wild rice rule on the Iron Range
Andrew Slade, Minnesota Environmental Partnership At the MPCA hearing in Virginia about KeeTac’s water quality permit on September 3, it came down to fear versus hope. The attendees were so numerous they…
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U.S. Steel tries to dodge wild rice protections
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Wild rice is Minnesota’s official state grain, a vital and treaty-guaranteed resource for the Anishinaabe who live in the state, and, unfortunately, an increasingly rare plant to…
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Great Lakes report raises groundwater concerns
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership From the headwaters of Lake Superior, our “inland sea” may appear endless, a vast expanse of three quadrillion gallons of fresh water home to bountiful fish and…
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MEP visits the Grand Portage community
Early August on the North Shore is the year’s peak of abundance. In this country of thin rocky soils, cold and clear water, and long boreal winters, August opens with a rare,…