"It turns out one of Minnesota’s biggest sources of climate pollution and one of Minnesota’s biggest sources of water pollution come from the exact same source, nitrogen fertilizer."

Today, MEP honors Indigenous Peoples' Day. We are committed to standing today and every day with Minnesota's Indigenous Communities for clean water, healthy ecosystems, political and cultural rights, and a just future.

It was great to have staff from both Sens Klobuchar and Smith join our s for this tour.

We had a great time hosting this Great Lakes Restoration Celebration with Family Freedom Center! We've come a long way in restoring the St. Louis River Estuary, and there's more good work to be done.

“It’s a new paradigm when you’re operating and fulfilling all the needs of these manufacturing heat processes without causing health-harming pollution.”

Minnesota is finally starting to enforce a law to protect wild rice water from mining pollution, but U.S. Steel is trying to bypass it to keep polluting. Speak up online at the MPCA's comment site or in person in Virginia on September 3!

"A forward-thinking project that started then — the largest of its kind at the time in U.S. history — reversed decades of environmental degradation."

"Tribal and state officials know wild rice is in decline but have never been able to agree on what to do to about it." We need to confront climate change and industrial pollution so that this food source can live on in Minnesota.

Happy World Environment Day! This year's global event spotlights plastic pollution - a thorny problem for our water, climate, and human health, and one where Minnesota has a big opportunity to lead.

In our latest blog, we cover the main reason that Minnesota's been choking on wildfire smoke (climate change!) and what our state and federal lawmakers are doing about it.

Great column from our friends at Forever Green Initiative about how Minnesota-grown winter camelina can revolutionize farming, keep soil and water clean, and help fight climate change! www.startribune.com/counterpoint...

Minnesota is the #1 state for supporting stronger environmental regulations - 71% of us agree that they're "worth the cost." As #mnleg heads into special session, they should keep our values in mind! www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Forever chemicals are contributing to rising cancer rates and other threats to our health - if anything, we need to do more to keep these pollutants out of drinking water, not less.

Northlanders, join us in Duluth next Thursday at 6:30 to learn about how Minnesota's cumulative impacts law can help protect your community from pollution! We'll have free food and beverages, activities for kids, and good conversation.

"From my perspective, Minnesota’s 1-million-plus anglers should be an easy bunch to convince that the BWCAW is worth protecting."

We agree - community solar has been a big success for Minnesota's clean energy transformation, and we should keep it going.

Minnesota faces big environmental challenges, but this Earth Day, we're also celebrating how much we've accomplished together!