U.S. State Department Complete Embarrassment at Tar Sands Public Meeting
March 8, 2017
The U.S. State Department hosted a public meeting in Bemidji Tuesday to get public comments on a permit to increase the amount of tar sands piped through northern Minnesota. Instead of putting its best foot forward, the State Department offered a...
The Best Basis for Environmental Rules: Science...Or Something Else?
February 28, 2017
Minnesota has many years of established environmental regulatory practice that has served the state well. Environmental rules and regulations are based on science - our public agencies are the best equipped to review and interpret scientific data...
Scott Pruitt Emails: Government Run by Big Oil Resembles Life Behind Iron Curtain
February 27, 2017
Trump may have been right when he told a room full of reporters that his administration is running like a finely-tuned machine. It is just not one that many Americans would recognize...
Action Needed on Alberta Clipper/Line 3: Stop Tar Sands from Threatening Minnesota’s Water and Wild Rice
February 24, 2017
Enbridge is trying once again to add unneeded capacity to its tar sands pipelines through northern Minnesota, threatening our waters, wild rice beds, tourism, and tribal territory. We need your help to stop it.
What Does New Leadership Mean for Minnesota Transit?
February 21, 2017
Minnesota State Senator Scott Newman (R- Hutchinson) has recently taken up his position as the chair of the Transportation Committee. Newman has stated that his focus will be to expand funding in Greater Minnesota for construction roads and bridges...
Confound and Undermine
February 17, 2017
The Minnesota legislature unleashed the first wave of bills that seek to undercut the regulatory powers of government agencies. Although this is hardly a new tactic imagined by the Trump administration, it is emblematic of both a state and federal...
Is this Really What we Voted For? Counting Down the Six Worst Environment Bills from the Minnesota Legislature
February 14, 2017
On November 8, voters in Minnesota and around the country and cast their votes. The results were complicated; the outcome of many different issues, demographics and other factors all impacting each other. One thing we do know, however: virtually no...
2017 MN Environmental Congress
February 9, 2017
by Anna LaCombeLast Friday, Minnesota held its fifth Environmental Congress at the University of Minnesota. The annual event is hosted by the Environmental Quality Board, the publishers of the annual Environment and Energy Report Card which...
Why the Sierra Club is Asking You to Join Us for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s March on Feb. 14
February 4, 2017
We invite you to join us for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s March on Valentine’s Day, Tuesday, Feb. 14. The march starts and ends at the Minneapolis Indian Center, 1530 East Franklin Ave. Sierra Club members will meet at our office...
Health Care to Legislature – Help Head-Off Climate Change to Protect the Health of Minnesotans
February 1, 2017
By Dr. Bruce Snyder, retired Neurologist and member of the North Star Chapter’s Executive and Clean Air and Renewable Energy (CARE) CommitteesEnvironmental legislation will face an uphill battle in the state legislature this...