North Star Blog

An equitable, clean energy future for our Northland communities is under threat. The proposed sale of ALLETE/Minnesota Power to private equity giants Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP, owned by BlackRock) and the Canadian Pension Plan Investment...

Our resident etiquette expert, Truly Green, offers advice on how to talk to friends and family about making greener choices. Change begins with individuals, and it takes many individuals to create a movement. So why not talk about waste reduction...

One of Minnesota’s biggest sources of climate pollution and one of our biggest sources of water pollution comes fromthe same source: agriculture. In 2010, the legislature told the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to create an enforceable...

Yesterday, the Trump Administration moved forward a controversial mining proposal that directly threatens the future of Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

After a pipe at the coal-fired Boswell Energy Center leaked 5.5 million gallons of coal ash contaminated wastewater into Blackwater Lake and the Mississippi River in July 2024, federal rules required that Minnesota Power make public a plan to fully...

The debate about climate change is behind us. We know it’s real, we know it’s urgent, and we know we need to act. But what should we do with the weight of that knowledge? How can we process the fear, grief, and uncertainty that so many of us feel?...