Students Fight for the Environment
June 4, 2018
The Student Sierra Coalition at the University of Minnesota Rochester (UMR) closed out their second year with an expanded air quality study and a petition for 100 percent renewable energy on campus. Since August 2017, the SSC has collaborated with...
2018 Legislative Update
June 4, 2018
The 2018 session of the Minnesota Legislature adjourned on May 20. With big ticket items such as the tax bill and the supplemental budget omnibus bill being vetoed, fewer significant provisions overall became law this year than in any of the...
Block (Line 3) Party at the PUC: An Act of Celebration and Resistance
May 21, 2018
In a month, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is expected to take a final vote on key permits for the Enbridge Line 3 tar sands pipeline through northern Minnesota. Indigenous and environmental groups kept up the pressure opposing the...
Minnesota Sierra Club Responds to 2018 Session Conclusion
May 21, 2018
Late Sunday, the 2018 regular session of the Minnesota Legislature concluded with major pieces unfinished and opportunities unfulfilled. In response, the Sierra Club North Star Chapter issued the following statement from Senior Chapter...
Interview with Land Use & Transportation Committee Co-chair Erin Daly
May 14, 2018
We recently talked with Erin Daly, co-chair of the Land Use and Transportation Committee (LUTC) to find out more about her, the committee, and how volunteers can get involved.
Mauricio Leon, on the Sierra Club, Clean Air, and Equity
May 14, 2018
How Mauricio is making air in Minnesota cleaner and jobs more equitable. You can be a part of this too.
Why are equity & justice fundamental to the Clean Air and Renewable Energy Committee?
May 14, 2018
There is an implicit assumption that by doing environmental work we are automatically creating a better society for everyone, this is not only simplistic, it is wrong. Climate Change impacts people disproportionately, and the responsibility for...
Minneapolis Commits To 100% Clean Energy
May 11, 2018
On Friday April 27th, the Minneapolis City Council unanimously (once council member was not in attendance) approved the city’s commitment to transition to 100 percent clean, renewable energy by 2030. Minneapolis now represents the largest city in...
Rochester Public Utilities Plans for 100% Renewable Energy
May 4, 2018
Two days after an Earth Day People's Climate March, more than a dozen Sierra Club activists made their way to an afternoon Rochester Public Utilities (RPU) board meeting to make their voices heard on RPU's infrastructure plan.
Enbridge Stock Prices Fall Following Line 3 Recommendations; Judge Calls For Something Closer to a True “Replacement Project”
April 24, 2018
Judge Ann O’Reilly released her 370-page report on Monday, rejecting Enbridge’s preferred new route, but allowing the pipeline to move forward under certain conditions. Her report apparently worried financial markets about the project’s viability....