Press Releases

Today, state and local leaders gathered for a press conference to voice their support for stronger pollution standards for heavy-duty trucks and the need for continued investment to move the transportation sector towards zero emissions.

The Minnesota legislature has completed passage of major climate, environment and transportation bills. As a result, Minnesota will become a national leader on clean energy and transit, environmental justice and climate adaptation, and securing...

This week, Sierra Club released a new report, “Out of Control: The Deadly Impact of Coal Pollution.” This report explores the extent and effect of particulate pollution from the country’s remaining coal-fired power plants to understand where that...

Last night, the Minnesota State Senate passed SF 4, which raises Minnesota’s Renewable Energy Standard and creates a Carbon Free Standard that would require all of Minnesota’s utilities to produce carbon-free electricity by 2040. The bill now moves...

Today, the Biden Administration announced a Secretarial order for a 20-year mineral withdrawal that will protect Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The orders come after a comprehensive scientific review that found that sulfide-ore...

The newly approved long-range energy plan for Minnesota’s second largest public utility company reflects an exciting agreement reached between Minnesota Power, Clean Energy Organizations, labor unions, industrial customers, and the Boswell coal...

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that his office filed criminal charges against Enbridge, the Canadian pipeline company behind the Line 3 tar sands pipeline, over an aquifer breach that happened during construction of the...