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We Need to Move Beyond Coal to Clean Energy in Northeastern Minnesota
by Shane Solga On Wednesday, April 11th a classroom at the University of Minnesota - Duluth was bursting at the seams when more than 100 Northlanders, including Lieutenant Governor Yvonne Prettner...
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Brooklyn Center Celebrates the Earth with EarthFest
by Stephanie Spitzer The third annual Brooklyn Center EarthFest took place on Saturday, April 14 from noon to 4 p.m. with Will Steger of the Will Steger Foundation as the speaker from noon to 1 p.m....
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More Than Half a Million Carbon Pollution Comments Delivered to EPA
Crossposted from Sierra Club Scrapbook; by Tom Valtin On April 24, the Sierra Club joined a coalition of groups in delivering to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) more than 500,000 public...
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Coal Use Drops to Record Lows While Clean Energy Soars
Crossposted from Sierra Club Compass It's amazing how much can change in a year. At this time in 2011, we were testing our hair for mercury as a way to encourage the EPA to adopt strong mercury...
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Pro-Coal Group Pays People To Wear Their Shirts at EPA Hearing
Crossposted from Sierra Club Compass While watching all the tweets about today's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) public hearings in DC and Chicago on the agency's proposed carbon pollution...
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Drought and Disruption: A Community Event
by Stephanie Spitzer Countries in East Africa feel very far away when you’re in the middle of a bone-chilling Minnesota winter. But for many communities in the Twin Cities with strong ties to East...
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New Soot Pollution Standard Benefits Americans, Saves Lives
Crossposted from Sierra Club Compass Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a draft pollution standard for soot that will reduce one of the most dangerous forms of air pollution,...
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Global Wind Day Celebration Success!
Last Friday June 15th, Global Wind Day was celebrated in Loring Park. Despite the almost complete lack of wind, participants joyfully attempted to fly kites. Children and adults alike made pinwheels,...
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by Matt Dybedahl Over the last five years many businesses have been becoming more environmentally cautious with the way their companies produce, manufacture, and promote their products. Companies are...
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Even Karl Rove Agrees
By Emma Woodworth, Sierra Club volunteer What do Karl Rove, business leaders, Betty McCollum, Keith Ellison agree on? Renewing the wind energy production tax credit to save Minnesota’s wind energy...
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Wind Tax Break Worth Extending
By Will Nissen This post originally appeared on July 12th on the MN 2020 blog and is reposted with permission. MN2020 is a nonpartisan, progressive think tank focusing on the issues that really...
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Minnesota's Solar Race Meets a Hurdle
credit: Clean Energy Resource Teams This week, the city of Lindstrom announced plans to install solar on public buildings that would save the city $1400/year on their energy bills. Lindstrom will...
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Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light
By Cassandra Hall There are many state-wide organizations that promote environmentally-friendly, sustainable lifestyle practices, and work to raise awareness of climate change and its influence from...
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Minnesotans ask Xcel to support solar in Minnesota!
by Megan McNeil, Sierra Club Intern Uptown Art Fair crowd Sierra Club volunteers have been asking everyone to sign our solar petition asking Xcel to help us get 10% of Minnesota’s energy by 2030.Xcel...
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Public Health Victory in Rochester as Silver Lake Moves Beyond Coal
Ray Schmitz and Joshua Low celebrate the vote to retire Rochester Public Utilities Silver Lake Coal Plant. In a victory for clean energy and clean air, the Rochester Public Utilities (RPU) board voted...
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PUC puts Minnesota Power on notice: Coal plants too risky for customers
On Thursday the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) decided to delay a decision on the future of Minnesota Power’s oldest coal-fired power plants for at least a year, following months of...
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Fossil Fuel, Nuclear Impact On Water
By Will Nissen This post originally appeared on August 7th on the MN 2020 blog and is reposted with permission. MN2020 is a nonpartisan, progressive think tank focusing on the issues that really...
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Wind Energy Benefits Minnesota’s Workers and Farmers
by Joshua Low “It really is an investment in the rural areas of this country.” That is what Minnesota Farmers Union President Doug Peterson said on a conference call with reporters last Thursday....
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Minnesotans Call For a Move from Coal to Clean Energy at Minnesota Public...
by Martin Gordon On Thursday, October 25th, Sierra Club and clean energy supporters from across the state braved bitterly cold rain to gather at the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) building in...
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Emerging Sustainability Efforts in Latino Businesses
Guest Blog by Matt Kazinka, Latino Economic Development Center's Green Initiatives Coordinator Energy efficiency might not be on the menu, but Latino-owned restaurants like Taqueria Los Ocampo are...
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