North Star Blog

When I went for a ride this morning, with the temperature around freezing, I saw a lot fewer people on the bike path. But I only needed a light wind shell and gloves, and I was fine. That got me thinking about how people perceive bikes.

The newly approved long-range energy plan for Minnesota’s second largest public utility company reflects an exciting agreement reached between Minnesota Power, Clean Energy Organizations, labor unions, industrial customers, and the Boswell coal...

We did it! Minnesotans need leaders who will fight for our environment and climate, and stand up to polluters and special interests. By close margins, that’s what we won in the 2022 midterm elections. With your support, the Sierra Club played a key...

The state of Minnesota has released the revised version of its Climate Action Framework, which adopts IPCC recommendations for reducing greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2030.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that his office filed criminal charges against Enbridge, the Canadian pipeline company behind the Line 3 tar sands pipeline, over an aquifer breach that happened during construction of the...

Adult cicadas appear every year during the last weeks of summer in Minnesota. Sometimes called dog-day cicadas, these big insects are members of the “true bug” order hemiptera.

Have you noticed more electric vehicles on the streets, or remember when Clean Cars MN was in the news? Are you curious about all of the buzz and excitement surrounding EVs? Good news! In-person and virtual National Drive Electric Week (NDEW) events...

East Phillips community leaders have a plan to increase the livability of their notoriously polluted neighborhood: renovate the former Roof Depot and Sears warehouse site into a community-owned multi-use resource, including an indoor Urban Farm,...

Steve Ring and Bob Suchanek Water and Wetlands Stewards Walking the Field. Photo Credit - Bob Suchanek Researchers say that more microplastics pollution is getting into farm soil than oceans—and these tiny bits are showing up in our...