About the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA)

Since 1974, the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy has been protecting our water, air, land and people.

MCEA works with government agencies, the Legislature, and the courts to set sound environmental policy, to ensure good laws are enacted, and to enforce the law when needed. We are committed to working across all sectors – private and public, profit and nonprofit, political and academic – to form the partnerships needed to succeed. Real environmental issues are complex and real environmental progress takes time. MCEA is in it for the long haul.

 

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May 10: Another warning from James Hansen.

May 2: Another MCEA alum makes good Congratulations to former MCEA advocacy director and now-formed MPCA commissioner Paul Aasen, who will take over as Minneapolis City Coordinator later this month. Details:

Minneapolis taps MPCA head to be city coordinator (Star Tribune, 5/1/12)

MPCA head Aasen stepping down (Minnesota Public Radio, 5/2/12)

MPCA chief headed to Minneapolis (Politics in Minnesota, 5/9/12)

April 30: Coal’s death rattle? Yet another article on coal’s rapid decline in the face of cheaper, cleaner natural gas.  The other side of the coin, of course, is that cheap natural gas is also wreaking havoc with the business case for renewable energy.  That may change if “fracking” of natural gas becomes more expensive due to greater regulation. 

April 30: Expected cost overruns on the St. Croix Bridge Interesting article in the Pioneer Press today. Likely the first in a series.

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Recent News

May 11: Press Release: Great Lakes Remain Vulnerable to New Wave of Dangerous Mining, According to New Report.
Weak laws, lax enforcement undermine efforts to protect natural resources, wildlife, communities from mine waste.
Read it here.

May 10: MCEA is part of a coalition who just filed an "Intent to Sue" with the US EPA for haze regulations near the Boundary Waters and Voyageurs National Park. Read the press release here, and visit the Legal page for more information.

May 1: We're hiring! Click here to learn more.

April 24: Urgent! Contact your legislators today urging them to vote against the school trust funds bill. Learn more here.

April 23: Thanks to all who attended our annual Women's Breakfast! Click here to view the photos.

March 30: The EPA wrote to express some of the same concerns as MCEA about the Mesabi Nugget NPDES permit. EPA is watching PCA and their interactions with the mining facilities. MCEA is concerned that a variance for this company to ignore clean water rules will set a bad precedent. Read the EPA's letter here.
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