North Star Blog

Last week, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed two bills that would set our state on the right path to addressing climate change.

Great River Energy's Coal Creek plant was slated to be retired last year, but not because of environmental or health concerns -- the plant simply wasn’t profitable. By GRE’s own reporting, Coal Creek lost member-owners at least $170 million a year....

We’ve got some good news to share! On Wednesday, April 28th the Minnesota Supreme Court announced its decision to order the DNR to hold a contested case hearing on PolyMet, Minnesota’s first proposed and previously permitted sulfide mine.

The Minnesota Supreme Court Wednesday issued a decision that allows a proposed fracked gas power plant to receive Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approval without environmental review in Minnesota. The decision returns the case to the Court of...

Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune and Kamau Wilkins, Chair of the Sierra Club’s Minnesota North Star Chapter, issued a statement following the announcement that Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who murdered George Floyd, has been...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Margaret Levin, Margaret.Levin@sierraclub.org, 612-259-2446; Brett Benson, brett@mn350.org, 651-368-1226   New Mid-Term Climate Report Card Finds Lots Of Talk, Little Action ST PAUL, MN -- One week...

My heart is broken. Again, another Black man, Daunte Wright, has been murdered by the police, this time in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota -- just 11 miles from where George Floyd was killed by police last year. While shocking to many, it's sadly not a...

Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune and Minnesota Sierra Club North Star Chapter Chair Kamau Wilkins issued the following statement on the murder of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, MN.

We don’t have time for fake solutions to the climate crisis. We’re not meeting our current emissions reduction goals. How could we possibly get back on track with outdated ideas like ethanol?

Located near Mankato in southern Minnesota, Minneopa State Park is home to Minneopa Falls, a two-tiered waterfall that plummets approximately 40 feet into the Minneopa Creek.