North Star Blog

Right now, Minnesota Power and Otter Tail Power have the opportunity to reduce air and climate pollution and cut down on customers’ electric bills, all by running their coal-fired power units less. Read on to learn what they need to do and how you...

All Minnesotans -- Black, white, urban, rural, Indigenous and immigrant -- are tied together. We share one home, and we are therefore united in making our communities and planet healthy for all who live here. Yet the inhumane daily assaults on...

The Inspiring Connections Outdoors (ICO), North Star Chapter joins organizations in the Twin Cities and beyond in mourning and condemning the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. His murder is the most recent example in...

Today the Sierra Club announced its endorsement of Jen McEwen for election in Minnesota's State Senate District 7.

Today the Sierra Club announced its endorsement of Rep. Ilhan Omar for reelection in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District.

Obviously, COVID-19 made a big impact on the session. It would be easy to blame the virus for every missed opportunity. But after an initial halt, legislators adapted to holding remote hearings conducted online. So it wasn’t the virus that prevented...

Stewards advocate for policies related to water, forests, and wildlife - updates on their latest meetings and research.

Campaign teams advocate for legislative change on environmental issues - updates from our Clean Energy, Stop Line 3 and Land Use and Transportation teams.

Duluth-based Minnesota Power sits at the center of a complicated web of economic and environmental interests. The climate crisis has made visible how profit-seeking corporations promote dirty energy at the expense of both public health and a healthy...

Dear Sierra Club North Star community, we are reaching out to you all with our hearts in this terrible, tragic time. The Sierra Club is committed to confronting the inequality embedded into our society that has allowed these tragedies to persist. If...