Instead of maintaining the laws that protect our water and our health, the legislature wants to weaken or roll back these protections! Our leaders must not move our state backwards.
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Precinct caucuses in Minnesota are Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. Find your precinct caucus on the Secretary of State’s website!
Join us for an in-district meeting with Senator Katie Sieben and Representative Denny McNamara. Learn more about proposed legislation to increase solar on Minnesota’s schools, city halls, and hospitals.
As the Minnesota Legislature ended their 2011 regular session and prepares for a Special Session, the Minnesota Environmental Partnership (MEP) vowed to stay vigilant in its commitment to protect Minnesota’s Great Outdoors.
As of May 24, 2011, the following legislation has been sent to the Governor. Various provisions that make exemptions for special interests have been highlighted.
MPR
The first bill that DFL Governor Mark Dayton and the Republican Legislature agreed on was to streamline environmental review and permitting. Since then, they’ve been able to agree on little else. And now a whole host of measures affecting the environment are appearing in a budget bill, which the governor is expected to veto.
MEP today sent a letter to Governor Mark Dayton asking for his veto of H.F. 1010.
By Charley Shaw, Politics in Minnesota Published May 18, 2011 The House passed the environment and natural resources conference committee report shortly before 10 p.m. after about six hours of debate. The conference report now awaits ratification by the Senate before being sent to Gov. Mark Dayton. The bill, which is sponsored by House Environment [...]
MPR
These days, the water flowing into Lake Pepin is a milky brown, and the lake is filling up with mud. The river is depositing about 10 times as much sediment as it did before white settlers came to Minnesota.