North Star Blog

Advocates call on the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to follow the lead of states ending costly line extension allowances, opening the door to a more affordable clean-energy future.

Hyperscale data centers - massive energy- and water-guzzlers - are often situated in rural communities, planned by mysterious developers, and shielded from public scrutiny by non-disclosure agreements (NDAs). The North Star Chapter has been...

Over a thousand transportation planners, engineers, government agency leaders, elected officials, and advocates, including Sierra Club staff and volunteers, recently converged in Minneapolis for the NACTO Designing Cities Conference.

After "historic" swings from a DFL trifecta and a new group of environmental leaders in the 2022 election, to the most evenly divided legislature in decades in 2024, there were no real “must pass“ bills in 2026. So this session was a less fraught...

In a state famous for epic winters, summer is always special. Minnesotans relish our season in the sun and at the lake. Sometimes it's easy to get in a groove of the same hikes, rides and swims. This summer, mix it up and check out some varied parks...

Minnesota made meaningful progress on rolling out federal EV charging dollars in 2025, but the vast majority of funding remains unspent, according to a new Sierra Club report out today.