Metro Transit Sets 100% Electric Bus Fleet Target
December 10, 2018
After months of requests and pressure from environmental and equity groups, Metro Transit announced a plan Monday to transition the entire Twin Cities bus fleet to electric buses, as a way of combating pollution and cutting carbon emissions. The...
2018 Midterm Elections: Climate Deniers Out, Champions In
November 7, 2018
We proudly congratulate a new generation of Minnesota leaders on a historic achievement. We look forward to working closely with Governor-Elect Walz, Lieutenant Governor-elect Flanagan, Leader Hortman and the new majority in the Minnesota House, and...
Press Release: Minnesota Sierra Club Responds to PolyMet Permit Decision
November 1, 2018
We are deeply disappointed in the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources decision to proceed with issuing permits including the permit to mine. Northern Minnesota’s iconic waterways – from Lake Superior to the Boundary Waters, and everything in...
Press Release: PUC Approves Gas Plant, Fails To Protect Ratepayers And Climate
October 30, 2018
Clean Energy advocacy groups are disappointed in a decision today by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to approve a petition from Minnesota Power to build a new gas plant across the border in Superior, Wisconsin. The groups intervened in the...
Zero Waste Eureka Recycling Tour
October 29, 2018
On October 24th, the Zero Waste Task Force and Sierra club volunteers were able to tour Eureka Recycling in Minneapolis – Eureka Recycling is the only organization in Minnesota that specializes in Zero Waste; its mission is to demonstrate that waste...
Five leading MN environmental groups announce partnership to push for zero-emission transportation
September 13, 2018
Five of Minnesota’s leading advocacy organizations today announced an alliance to push for zero-emission transportation solutions statewide. MN350, Fresh Energy, Sierra Club North Star Chapter, TakeAction MN, and ISAIAH have agreed to...
DULUTH PUSHES FOR CLEAN ENERGY
September 12, 2018
At the end of July, I started in my new role as the Duluth Organizing representative for the Sierra Club. I have lived in Duluth for nearly a decade and come from years of community organizing around local and statewide housing and homelessness...
Why I Risked Arrest in Bemidji
September 9, 2018
Today in Bemidji, I joined partners from across our movement to risk arrest in order to escalate our call to stop Line 3. The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) failed Minnesotans when they approved the Line 3 pipeline, siding with a...
Press Release: Trump Administration Opens Door to Sulfide Mining Near Boundary Waters
September 6, 2018
Today, the Trump Administration directly threatened the future of Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, one of America’s iconic wilderness areas.
Electric Vehicles: A Path to Clean Air
August 28, 2018
It’s no surprise air pollution is a major threat to our health and the environment, and our vehicles are a major contributor to this problem. In fact, more than 80% of people living in urban areas are exposed to air quality levels that exceed WHO...