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Line 3 penalties are a small step toward accountability
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Last week, Attorney General Keith Ellison and agency and tribal leaders announced $7 million in penalties against Enbridge, the builder of the Line 3 tar sands oil…
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Midterms will chart the course for our environment
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Four weeks from now, the nation will vote in the highly consequential 2022 general elections. MEP is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, meaning that we do not take…
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One Water: Where all water is valued
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Earlier this month, the MEP team had the opportunity to participate in the US Water Alliance’s One Water Summit in Milwaukee, where representatives from communities, utilities, and…
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Climate Action Framework shows promise
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership On September 16, Governor Tim Walz’s administration released Minnesota’s Climate Action Framework, an outline for for government agencies, companies, and communities to ensure our state does its part…
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Possible rail strike highlights trains’ climate action role
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership As of this writing, it looks like the nation’s trains will keep on running. After unions representing more than 100,000 railroad workers threatened to strike over pay,…
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The Inflation Reduction Act comes to Minnesota homes
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Minnesota is a cold state. And, almost as often, a hot state. Sometimes, we’re both in the same month, even the same week. Suffice to say that…
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Bill would permanently shore up Boundary Waters
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Over the past month, thousands of visitors have been canoeing, backpacking, and portaging their way through Minnesota’s signature wilderness, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Between setting…
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Minnesota solar power is looking bright
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership For much of our history as a state, coal was king when it came to generating Minnesota’s electricity, followed by nuclear power not far behind. It brought…
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Americans – and the planet – can’t afford fossil gas
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership On Tuesday, August 17, U.S. natural gas – also known as fossil gas – prices reached their highest level in 14 years. The reasons why are complex. A hot…
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Line 3 aquifer damage just keeps piling up
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership On Thursday, August 4, the independent citizen science group Waadookawaad Amikwag – also known as Those Who Help Beaver – released evidence that Enbridge’s construction of its Line 3…
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Federal climate deal poised to make history
At a time when states and countries – including Minnesota – are struggling to cut greenhouse gas emissions at the scale needed to stave off climate catastrophe, the announcement that U.S. Senate…
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Saint Paul full steam ahead on lead line removal
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Most Minnesotans in the Twin Cities don’t have to worry too much about what’s flowing through the pipes in their home. The area’s utilities filter water from…