Climate Dispatch: News from Inside the Capitol
February 6, 2023
By now, you’ve probably heard that 100% Clean Energy passed the Minnesota House. And you’ve likely heard that it also passed the Minnesota Senate. Maybe you, like other passionate environmental advocates and Sierra Club members across the state, are...
Winter Adaptations
February 5, 2023
Entire ecosystems are adapted to the challenges of winter. Leaves change color; butterflies and birds migrate. The natural world knows what’s coming. As trees and fields sleep, many animals carry on under the terms nature imposes. Harsh terms, but...
Sierra Club Celebrates the Minnesota State Legislature’s Passage of the 100% Clean Energy Bill
February 3, 2023
Last night, the Minnesota State Senate passed SF 4, which raises Minnesota’s Renewable Energy Standard and creates a Carbon Free Standard that would require all of Minnesota’s utilities to produce carbon-free electricity by 2040. The bill now moves...
Water Is Life – Extraction Isn’t the Answer to a Just and Sustainable Future
February 3, 2023
Clean water is becoming ever more precious in a hotter, drier world. Because Lake Superior holds 10% of all the freshwater on the planet, Minnesotans have a great responsibility to preserve this life-giving resource, today and for future generations.
Community Organizing for Environmental Justice on Saint Paul’s West Side
February 1, 2023
The Sierra Club is standing with the West Side Community Organization as they evaluate a proposal for a new sewage incinerator near the West Side of Saint Paul. West Siders know it’s no coincidence that across the country and right here at home,...
2023 Legislative Priorities
January 31, 2023
For the first time in a decade the Democratic-Labor-Party (DFL) is in control of the Governor’s office, State House and Senate. The last time this happened, Minnesota fell short of taking the action we need to address the climate crisis. We can’t...
Bike Tour Returns
January 30, 2023
After a two year pandemic hiatus, the Land Use and Transportation (LUT) Team brought back the popular annual Sierra Club Bike Tour this fall. On a brisk and beautiful September morning this event, now in its 25th year, highlighted the diverse...
Sierra Club Applauds Biden for Move to Protect Boundary Waters
January 26, 2023
Today, the Biden Administration announced a Secretarial order for a 20-year mineral withdrawal that will protect Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The orders come after a comprehensive scientific review that found that sulfide-ore...
100% Clean Energy for the Northland
January 21, 2023
Over 1,500 public comments to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) made a difference! Minnesota Power's new long-term energy plan reflects an exciting agreement between Minnesota Power and multiple parties including Sierra Club’s Clean...