North Star Blog

The natural world is shouting in color. Forests across Minnesota are a vivid patchwork of gold, orange, crimson, and purple. Yet behind this yearly spectacle lies a magical, physiological, shift inside each tree.

Rochester Public Utilities Board voted to “[reaffirm] its commitment to the goal of achieving 100 percent renewable electricity by 2030.” This is a big win for our community and we thank Rochester Public Utilities for standing by its commitment.

Today, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved plans for ALLETE, the publicly traded parent company of Minnesota Power, to be sold to private equity investors, despite evidence showing that the transaction is likely to result in...

On September 5th this year, Minnesota became the second state in the United States to raise the flags of its first nations. The experience left me deeply wanting to recommit to deepening ways our work at Sierra Club overlaps with supporting the...

Minnesota Valley Transit Authority (MVTA) has been driving five fully-electric mini-buses since December 2024, the only ones of their kind in the Midwest. But their plan isn’t just about swapping a few diesel engines for electric motors. MVTA is...

Today, elected officials and community members gathered outside of Minnesota Power’s headquarters to call on the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to reject the utility’s private equity acquisition.

by Diane MyerReprinted with the permission of Minnesota Women's Press"We're Up Against Billionaires" - Farmington residents in lawsuit against city for approving giant data center without...