Enbridge Line 5 is unnecessary and a risk to the public. The US Army Corps of Engineers is ignoring this reality. A federal judge has found that Enbridge line 5 oil pipeline has been illegally trespassing on the Bad River Reservation since 2013. The court has ordered the pipeline to be shut down by June 2026. However, this important federal… Read More »Let’s drink water not oil!
The Clean Transportation Standard Act (SF2584/HF2602) proposes to reduce the carbon intensity of transportation fuel with a Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), but it is a false solution that is not possible with ethanol. A recent study from the University of Wisconsin “found that the carbon intensity of corn ethanol produced under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is no less… Read More »Low Carbon Fuel Standard Is Not A Solution
To increase the use of residential solar energy systems, HF5171 and SF5271 will grant financial incentives to permitting authorities charged with the application approval process to utilize SolarAPP, a solar automated software system. This program is offered by the US Department of Energy free of charge. It will greatly simplify and streamline the approval time, a process which now is… Read More »Encourage Solar Energy Use
Two bills, HF4304 and SF3480, provide for the transfer of approximately 155,000 acres of state-owned land that lies within what is now the White Earth State Forest to the White Earth Nation. All of the land proposed for transfer lies within the original boundaries of the White Earth Reservation established by treaty in 1867. Like most tribes in the country, White… Read More »Justly Return Land to White Earth Nation
The 100% Collection Bill SF3940/HF3566 improves e-waste recycling. This Minnesota bill relating to solid waste establishes a program to collect and recycle electronic waste.The program will cover all of Minnesota. Message: Please support the 100% Collection Bill SF3940/HF3566 which establishes a program to improve e-waste recycling in Minnesota. Please contact your Minnesota STATE senator and representative: Speaker of the MN… Read More »Improve E-Waste Recycling
The Minnesota legislature is about to consider the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Bill. It is considered a strong bill for the following reasons: 1) It reduces single-use packaging by 50% over 10 years. 2) It rejects so-called chemical recycling from counting as recycling. 3) It eliminates a shift to plastic packaging labled as compostable. 4) It holds companies that make… Read More »Reduce Packaging
Governor Walz and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources have been told by an administrative law judge that PolyMet’s proposed permit to mine would violate Minnesota rules and should be denied. Now the Governor and DNR must make a decision. Tell Governor Walz to deny the permit and move on from PolyMet. The choice is in his hands. Message: Recently,… Read More »Deny PolyMet
News from last year exposed concerning issues with the common theme of polluting and corporate industries exercising too much control over the decisions our public agencies make. Examples include: A judge found that PolyMet’s proposed permit to mine, previously approved by the Department of Natural Resources, would violate Minnesota’s law. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture administers a program of farm… Read More »Protect Minnesota’s Water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has told the state of Minnesota to alert residents to the hazards of nitrates in drinking water and clean up farm pollution that has contaminated wells in southeastern Minnesota for years. Water supplies for more than 9,200 people in southeastern Minnesota are likely contaminated with dangerous levels of nitrates — according to a November letter… Read More »Let’s Stop Poisoning Minnesotans’ Water
A group of Congressional lawmakers are pushing to include the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act as part of the 2023 Farm Bill. The legislation, known as The EATS Act, could have serious implications for animal welfare and cascading effects on farmer well-being, worker safety, the spread of zoonoses, and pollution. The EATS Act will nullify any state laws impacting agriculture… Read More »Oppose The EATS Act
