Posts Categorized: Water

Lecture on ‘confounding problem’ of nitrogen pollution

Posted September 5th, 2012 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under agriculture, air pollution, clean air, climate change, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Global Warming, Health, Water.

Nitrogen. It makes up three-fourths of the air all around us. It cascades through our environment between land, water and the atmosphere. It is critical to agricultural production that feeds… Read more »

Diverse Coalition Urges Farm Operators To Do Their Fair Share to Clean Up Rivers

Posted May 29th, 2012 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under agriculture, Loon Commons blog, Press Release, Water.

St. Paul, MN (May 29, 2012) – A unique coalition of Minnesota cities, conservation groups and farm and business representatives today called upon the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to hold… Read more »

2012’s Environmental Gains and Losses

Posted May 21st, 2012 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under agriculture, Clean Energy, Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment, Energy, Funding for the Environment, Health, Legislature, Loon Commons blog, Polling, renewable energy development, solar, solar power, State Budget, transportation, transportation planning, Water.

By Steve Morse, executive director of MEP Now that the 2012 Legislative session has ended and the commotion about the stadium has somewhat subsided, let’s look back at what our… Read more »

Omnibus Environmental Policy Bill contains too many bad provisions

Posted April 5th, 2012 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under Legislature, Loon Commons blog, Policy Update, Press Release, Water.

By Steve Morse, Executive Director Our coalition is disappointed today that the Minnesota House passed the Omnibus Environmental Bill (H.F. 2164) without addressing the some serious problems identified by our… Read more »

Clean your boats: Minnesotans get it, why doesn’t the EPA?

Posted April 2nd, 2012 by & filed under Great Lakes, Loon Commons blog, Transit and Transportation, Water.

“Pick It or Ticket.” That’s a tortured line of poetry, but it sums up the message the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is sending to Minnesota boaters. When you trailer… Read more »

Week in Tweets: March 2-8

Posted March 9th, 2012 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under Civic Engagement, Energy, Legislature, Policy Update, Water.

You don’t have to use Twitter to follow #ProtectMN, but we’re making it even easier for you to get in on the #ProtectMN conversation with this roundup of tweets from this past week (from earliest to latest):

Week in Tweets: Feb. 27-March 1

Posted March 2nd, 2012 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under Energy, Funding for the Environment, Legislature, Policy Update, Water.

You don’t have to use Twitter to follow #ProtectMN, but we’re making it even easier for you to get in on the #ProtectMN conversation with this roundup of tweets from this past week (from earliest to latest):

Capitol Update: Community rights, bonding and Aquatic Invasive Species

Posted March 1st, 2012 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under Civic Engagement, Funding for the Environment, Legislature, Loon Commons blog, Policy Update, State Budget, Water.

Defending Community and Township Rights Rep. Beard (R-Shakopee) and Sen. Vandeveer (R-Forest Lake) introduced H.F. 389 and S.F. 270, bills that weaken township and community rights and make it more… Read more »

Take Action TODAY: Stop Congress from Wasting Millions on a Destructive Bridge

Posted February 28th, 2012 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under Civic Engagement, Loon Commons blog, Water.

By MEP member group National Parks Conservation Association On Thursday, March 1, the U.S. House of Representatives will consider legislation that threatens one of America’s national parks. We need you… Read more »

Capitol Update: Here we go again with the rollbacks

Posted February 27th, 2012 by Minnesota Environmental Partnership & filed under Health, Legislature, Loon Commons blog, Policy Update, Water.

It’s disheartening when our legislative leaders are so out of step with Minnesotans. Statewide polling done earlier this year by a professional bipartisan polling team found that the majority of Minnesotans want strong environmental protections.