News
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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…
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E-bike evangelism evidently paying off
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Big Ag latest industry to attack tribal water rights
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership The taking of Minnesota lands and waters from tribal nations by white settlers is often referred to as history in our state – regrettable, painful history, but…
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Environment wins in late-session sprint
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership The Minnesota Legislature had an unusually messy end to its 2024 session, working right up to the bill passing deadline of midnight on Sunday, May 19. But…
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Minnesota surging on clean energy growth
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership A new factsheet from Clean Energy Economy Minnesota shows that the North Star State is doing much better than the nation as a whole at decarbonizing our…
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As Earth Week ends, Legislature mostly positive on environment
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership As we’ve covered extensively in our columns, last year’s session of the Minnesota Legislature was arguably the most productive in its history on environmental action. This year’s…
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Communities need action to meet new PFAS limits
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership Last week, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new nationwide protections to limit PFAS chemicals – a class of stubborn substances that contribute to cancer –…