Minnesota Environmental Partnership
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Statewide coalition of 70+ organizations working to protect MN's future. www.mepartnership.org
There's still time to Give to the Max for clean water, climate action, and a healthy future for our kids! MEP is working for your future, and we invite you to be a vital part of that work. www.givemn.org/organization...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
There's still time to Give to the Max for clean water, climate action, and a healthy future for our kids! MEP is working for your future, and we invite you to be a vital part of that work. www.givemn.org/organization...
MEP Operations & Engagement Manager Matt Doll reflects on MEP's work for #GiveToTheMaxDay: "It’s easy to sit with despair, but it’s not useful. I refuse to do nothing while big polluters steal all this natural beauty from my daughter’s future."
What kind of future will we leave for our kids?
Our Operations and Engagement Manager Matt Doll reflects on why MEP’s work is so important this Give to the Max Day: Do you have a fond memory about spending time in nature with a loved one?
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November 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
MEP Operations & Engagement Manager Matt Doll reflects on MEP's work for #GiveToTheMaxDay: "It’s easy to sit with despair, but it’s not useful. I refuse to do nothing while big polluters steal all this natural beauty from my daughter’s future."
"To 'leave the leaves' is simply allowing leaves to break down naturally over the winter. Scientists and advocates say it can be a way to help improve soil health and support wildlife populations."
Put your rake down! Fallen leaves are healthy for soil and wildlife
Scientists say leaving autumn leaves on the ground can add important nutrients to the soil and create needed habitat for insects.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"To 'leave the leaves' is simply allowing leaves to break down naturally over the winter. Scientists and advocates say it can be a way to help improve soil health and support wildlife populations."
"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."
Opinion | Move nitrogen fertilizer higher on your worry list
"Recognizing that agriculture’s GHG emissions are huge, some might assume the biggest sources are animal agriculture or carbon dioxide from tractors and trucks. But that’s wrong," Jean Wagenius writes...
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October 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"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.
October 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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.
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.
Restoration Celebration held in honor of St. Louis River cleanup
As cleanup efforts continue in the St. Louis River estuary, several stakeholders gathered for a "Restoration Celebration."
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September 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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.
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“It’s a new paradigm when you’re operating and fulfilling all the needs of these manufacturing heat processes without causing health-harming pollution.”
Heat pumps can help clean up factories — and save lives
Americans could save $1.1 trillion in public health costs by replacing thousands of industrial boilers that burn gas, oil, and other fuels nationwide.
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August 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“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!
Show up September 3 to protect wild rice from mining waste
Northern Minnesota’s iconic waters have seen better days. Once home to vast wild rice beds and healthy fish, many of the Northland’s lakes, streams, and wetlands have become contaminated via mining…
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August 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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."
A ‘C’ ranking for the Minneapolis Chain of Lakes is a triumph of environmental restoration
The most visited natural destination in Minnesota lies in its most densely developed region.
www.startribune.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"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.
Wild rice is in jeopardy in Minnesota. But nobody can agree on how to save it.
Minnesota’s state grain is critical to tribes, farmers, rural economies and the environment. But any action to protect it and the waters that nurture it has long been a seed of contention.
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July 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
"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.
World Environment Day
World Environment Day is the United Nations day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment.
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June 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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.
As smoke darkens Minnesota, lawmakers should work for clearer skies | MEPartnership
Matt Doll, Minnesota Environmental Partnership As May ends, all of Minnesota is now getting a taste of what the Arrowhead region has already experienced this season: a reddened sun and... Read more »
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June 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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...
Counterpoint: Winter camelina holds promise for Minnesota farmers, environment and citizens
At the Forever Green Initiative, we welcome discussion.
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May 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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/...
Support for stricter environmental regulations outweighs opposition in a majority of states
Nationally, 60% of Americans say stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost, while 38% say they cost too many jobs and hurt the economy.
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May 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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.
EPA announces rollback for some Biden-era limits on so-called forever chemicals in drinking water
The Environmental Protection Agency says it will roll back limits on several types of so-called forever chemicals in drinking water. The agency, however, will keep limits on the two most common types,...
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May 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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.
Cumulative Impacts & Public Health: Info Session & Social Hour
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May 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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."
Anderson: Minnesota’s million anglers should be convinced that Boundary Waters is worth protecting
A rally Thursday will highlight a simple approach to fishing, with just a lowly jig.
www.startribune.com
May 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"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.
Opinion: Minnesota Legislature should not kill community solar
With rising electric bills, a shaky economy and no help from the feds on climate or affordability, we ought to be expanding community solar rather than seeking to end it.
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May 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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!
5 things Minnesota got right since Earth Day 1970
Minnesota has multiple success stories that produced a cleaner environment since the original Earth Day in 1970.
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April 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Minnesota faces big environmental challenges, but this Earth Day, we're also celebrating how much we've accomplished together!