North Star Blog

This month, we are spotlighting Mateo, whose videography work to inspire others to join in fighting for our planet will be shared later in July.

When you stood up and asked our utility to consider the goal you were all but laughed out of the room. When you asked Public Transit to consider electrifying buses, you were told it was unreasonable. When you said we had a responsibility to act on...

The proposed Enbridge Line 3 crude oil pipeline will run 340 miles through northern Minnesota, crossing more than 200 water bodies and 75 miles of wetlands. It also threatens wild rice areas important to the Anishinaabe. Stunningly, Enbridge already...

Minnesota Power is still trying to build Nemadji Trail Energy Center (NTEC), a proposed new gas-burning power plant. Despite a ruling last July that NTEC was not “needed or reasonable” and not in the public interest, the Minnesota PUC approved the...

This week, we celebrated big news in the fight to Stop Line 3: On Monday, the courts denied Enbridge's Environmental Impact Statement for its failure to address the impact of spills on Lake Superior. We caught up with Scott Russell, this month's...

This divided government led to a stalemate conclusion to the 2019 Legislative Session, with anti-environment leadership in the Senate consistently refusing to move the needle on legislation core to Minnesota values -- including protecting our waters...

Last week, Xcel Energy and Sierra Club made big headlines with an agreement that included an announcement that Xcel was going coal-free by 2030. On the same day, Xcel shared a preview of its IRP (Integrated Resource Plan, a 15-year, long-term energy...

Last week Xcel Energy and Sierra Club made big headlines with an agreement that included an announcement that Xcel was going coal-free by 2030. On the same day Xcel shared a preview of its IRP (Integrated Resource Plan, a 15-year, long-term energy...

Today, clean energy groups Sierra Club, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, and Union of Concerned Scientists appealed the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC) approval to build the Nemadji Trail Energy Center gas power plant...

On May 1st, Sierra Club, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, and Union of Concerned Scientists appealed the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC) approval of a plan to build a new gas power plant in Superior, Wisconsin. Minnesotans...