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Please direct media inquiries to Kara Cook at the Minnesota Environmental Partnership: 651-290-0154 or info@protect.mn.
- Download 2011 Collaborative Priorities Packet (PDF)
- Download the 2011 Laundry List of Bad Bills – Updated May 9, 2011 (PDF)
NEWS RELEASES
May 24, 2011: MEP: Legislature must put forth fair, clean budget bill during Special Session (PDF)
Legislature must also stop disturbing trend of special interest exemptions
May 19, 2011: Minnesota Environmental Partnership Stands With Dayton on Environmental Finance Bill Veto (PDF)
Steve Morse, executive director of MEP, issued a statement regarding H.F. 1010
May 11, 2011: Passage of coal bill jeopardizes Minnesota’s health, economy and clean energy future (PDF)
Statement by Steve Morse in response to Minnesota House’s passage of coal bill
May 9, 2011: “Stop the Assault on Minnesota’s Great Outdoors and Clean Energy Future” (PDF)
Citizens and conservation leaders flag more than 40 bills as harmful to Minnesota’s land, air and water
April 20, 2011: State Environmental Coalition sends Earth Week message to Legislators (PDF)
Wild Rice Provision Seen As One Of Many Threats to Minnesota’s Great Outdoors
March 29, 2011: Finance bills go against Minnesotans’ wishes “to protect our water” (PDF)
Protecting our water is not a Democrat or Republican issue – it’s a Minnesota value
March 28, 2011: Environmental Budget Bills “Unravel Minnesota’s Great Outdoors Legacy” (PDF)
Policy Provisions Should Be Removed
March 25, 2011: Groups Criticize House Bill to Harvest Timber From Treasured State Parks To Fill Budget Gap (PDF)
Native trees should not be sold off to fix a short-term state budget problem
March 3, 2011: Steve Morse’s statement on House File 1 being signed into law (PDF)
“A Reasonable Idea Gone Bad”
March 3, 2011: Legislature, Governor urged to Stop the Rollbacks (PDF)
The current concern to members of MEP was House File 1, which weakens existing laws to protect Minnesota’s air, water and land
March 2, 2011: Press Conference Advisory: Stop the Rollbacks (PDF)
Legislators join conservation, civic, farm and environmental leaders to sound warning bell on environmental protection rollbacks
Feb. 2, 2011: MEP’s Steve Morse responds to Senate vote lifting nuclear moratorium (PDF)
“A Disappointing Step Backwards”
Feb. 2, 2011: Minnesota Outdoors and Conservation Groups Stand United: “Don’t Raid Our Legacy” (PDF)
Dayton Bonding Proposal Doesn’t Meet Test
Jan. 6, 2011: MEP: Minnesotans Want Environmental Protection (PDF)
Statewide Poll Shows Voters Oppose Raids of Legacy Funds and Want Better Enforcement of Environmental Laws
Dec. 21, 2010: 2011 Collaborative Priorities Press Release (PDF)
Safeguarding Outdoor Investments and Defending Minnesota’s Environmental Policy Foundation Top List