Press Releases

The Minnesota House of Representative voted 85-49 on Monday to pass HF2438, the Omnibus Transportation Budget Bill, which includes rollbacks of climate action, doubles taxes solely on electric vehicles and cuts funding for transit, walking and...

To mark Earth Day, People Not Polluters, a partnership of 19 organizations, is delivering over 1,600 petitions to state legislative leaders at the state capitol. The petitions are in response to the state’s failure to enforce laws protecting public...

Less than two years after Minnesota passed nation-leading climate laws, the Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate Committee has advanced a budget and policy omnibus bill filled with industry-friendly rollbacks that threaten Minnesota's...

Today, Donald Trump’s EPA announced 31 deadly and dangerous actions the agency is taking, including attacking safeguards to limit pollution from power plants and vehicles, methane and other deadly emissions from oil and gas sources, Mercury and Air...

A new report by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance titled “Overcoming Permitting Barriers for Rooftop Solar in Minnesota,” reveals the inaccessible permitting process that can prevent families from installing rooftop solar or home batteries.

Clean Energy Organizations applaud the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission for ordering additional energy efficiency and electrification measures in Xcel Energy’s Natural Gas Innovation Act (NGIA) portfolio.

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced 70 grant recipients for its Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program to receive funding for over 2,400 zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles. The awards will go to fund projects in 27 states, three...

Environmental groups are urging Minnesota’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to reject industry-backed efforts to upend Minnesota’s 100 Percent Carbon Free Energy Law and hold the line against false climate solutions as the agency prepares to...

People Not Polluters (www.peoplenotpolluters.com) has cataloged a pattern of unwillingness by the Walz Administration to enforce environmental laws, and demands legislative hearings on state agency failures.

A bill to end the current litigation over the Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan passed the Minnesota Senate on Sunday, May 19. The next stop for this bill is the Governor’s desk.