North Star Blog

When Joni Mitchell was thinking about time in 1969, I was a kid in college; not too bright but hoping to figure things out. After a couple quarters as a bewildered biology student I stumbled upon geology and its geologic time scale (GTS); a...

The Sierra Club applauds the Minnesota Department of Commerce and Governor Tim Walz for their decision to continue their appeal of the Certificate of Need for Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands pipeline.

Opponents of Enbridge’s proposed Line 3 pipeline filed a lawsuit with the Court of Appeals today challenging the Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC) approval of permits for the project.

“This is a great day for Duluth. Jen McEwen will be an effective progressive Senator on many issues, and it’s a great day for all Minnesotans because we are one vote closer to finally taking real action on the climate and growing jobs in a new green...

Electing the Clean Water and Climate Champions we need now - While mail-in ballots will continue to come in for a few more days, it looks likely that Sierra Club endorsed candidates were undefeated in Tuesday’s primary.

Stewards advocate for policies related to water, forests, and wildlife - updates on their latest meetings and research.

Campaign teams advocate for legislative change on environmental issues - updates from our Stop Line 3, Zero Waste, Clean Energy and Land Use and Transportation teams.

Today the Sierra Club announced its endorsement of Rep. Dan Feehan for Minnesota's 1st Congressional District.

Minnesota is poised to pass Clean Cars Minnesota, a standard that would reduce climate change-causing air pollution and increase customer choices. As the first Midwest state to embark on this journey to clean up the new cars and passenger trucks...

Duluthians value clean water and a livable climate. We expect our State Senator to support our values, yet the current State Senator from Duluth, Erik Simonson, regularly votes with Republicans and polluters. Simonson says he cares for the...