Inspiring Connections Outdoors Volunteer Profile: Meet Greg Springer
September 8, 2015
Sierra Club's Inspiring Connections Outdoors (ICO) is a community outreach program that provides opportunities for urban youth and adults to explore, enjoy and protect the natural world. This month we are featuring a series of profiles on the...
Labor and the Clean Power Plan: More Jobs, More Justice
September 8, 2015
From a labor and economic justice perspective, there is a lot of good news in the final Clean Power Plan that the EPA released earlier this month. After listening to recommendations from unions, economic justice advocates, and their environmental...
Environmental Justice in the Clean Power Plan
September 1, 2015
On August 3, 2015, the EPA released its final Clean Power Plan, the first-ever limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants. The standard includes important, hard-won environmental justice provisions, and this post provides an overview of...
Join Us on Our 20th Annual Bike Tour!
September 1, 2015
On Saturday, September 19, the Sierra Club North Star Chapter will host its 20th year of “Touring the Metro by Bike.” The annual ride aims to bring together residents of all ages in an event that highlights sustainable land use and transportation...
Sustainability and Community: Minnesota Delegation to Bangladesh
August 19, 2015
Moved by Ruhel Islam’s dedication to sustainability and his community, North Star Chapter Executive Committee member Louis Alemayehu was determined to learn about the roots of Islam’s values and to speak with citizens of Bangladesh, one of the...
Lying by Emission: Peabody Can’t Handle the Truth about the Cost of Carbon Pollution
August 13, 2015
Peabody Energy is having a tough time of things. As coal prices have declined over the last year, the world’s biggest private-sector coal company has seen its net income fall by more than 1300%, Its stock price plummet to under $1, and its credit...
2015 Legislative Report
August 1, 2015
Minnesota’s prospects for advancing environmental protections during the 2015 state legislative session were unfortunately predetermined last Election Day, in November of 2014. The old cliché that “elections matter” proved itself vividly this...
North Star Chapter Commits to Anti-Racism
July 28, 2015
The North Star Chapter has committed to transforming ourselves into a multicultural, anti-racist organization that is working to eradicate all forms of oppression.
Clean Energy Plan Retires Sherco 1 & 2 and is Clear Winner for Xcel Customers
July 7, 2015
New analysis shows that Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy can reduce costs and harmful air pollution by retiring two units at the Sherburne County Generating Station (Sherco) coal-fired power plant. Sherco is the largest soot and carbon polluter in...
Unfinished Business: 2015 Energy Policies Passed in Minnesota
July 2, 2015
What a difference a day makes (or in this case, two years.) In 2013, the Minnesota legislature passed clean energy and jobs policies that have set the stage for continued success in Minnesota’s growing clean energy economy. While 2015 started with...