Team Update - Land Use and Transportation - May 2023
May 29, 2023
Updates from our Land Use and Transportation team.
Sierra Club MN Legislative Priorities and Results: Celebrating 2023
May 22, 2023
The Minnesota legislature has completed passage of major climate, environment and transportation bills. As a result, Minnesota will become a national leader on clean energy and transit, environmental justice and climate adaptation, and securing...
Sierra Club Applauds, Celebrates Historic Legislative Session (Press Release)
May 21, 2023
The Minnesota legislature has completed passage of major climate, environment and transportation bills. As a result, Minnesota will become a national leader on clean energy and transit, environmental justice and climate adaptation, and securing...
Door Knock for Climate Solutions
May 4, 2023
Transportation is the #1 source of climate pollution. Right now, we have the chance to change this. We could pass dedicated and long term funding for transit this legislative session as part of a comprehensive transportation bill. Join us as we...
Boater Education Bill in Minnesota Leaves Our Aquatic Ecosystems High and Dry
April 22, 2023
A new boater training bill (HF949) is rapidly progressing toward passage in this year’s session of the Minnesota Legislature. We support the bill’s goal of educating more boaters to improve public safety, but we are concerned it will harm our...
Climate Dispatch: News from Inside the Capitol
April 12, 2023
What would you say if I told you that I’d found a way for you to continue burning through fossil fuels and to continue emitting as much carbon as you like without worrying about the impact on the atmosphere, the planet, or the future?
Sierra Club and partners urge Minnesota's utilities to maximize federal resources for our clean energy transition
April 10, 2023
Weeks after the 100% bill was signed into Minnesota law, Minnesota’s investor-owned electric utilities – Xcel Energy, Minnesota Power, and Otter Tail Power – laid out their intentions to implement the benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)...
Wake Boats in The Land of 10,000 Lakes
March 30, 2023
Most boats are able to be operated safely. However, one type of vessel, the wake boat, can be exceptionally destructive if operated without care. Tanks at the back of these boats take on thousands of pounds of lake water to increase their weight and...
Thirty Days of Happiness (with pastries)
March 27, 2023
If you’re ready to celebrate spring, 30 Days of Biking is a pledge to ride your bike everyday (or as much as you can) in April and share your adventures online with the hashtag #30DaysofBiking. If you don’t ride every day, that’s fine; the point is...
We don’t need heavier ATVs on our public land
March 24, 2023
A bill has been introduced to increase the weight limit for ATVs from under 2000 lbs presently to 3000 lbs. Here’s why we should be concerned.