At Last: Mining bill hearings at Legislature this week
3/8/2010 3:15:46 PM
The MCEA-backed financial assurance bill for sulfide mines receives its first Senate hearing this w...
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Goodpaster receives CURE's River Keeper award
3/3/2010 3:16:11 PM
MCEA attorney Beth Goodpaster received River Keeper environmental award for her work in stopping th...
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MCEA is seeking development director
2/26/2010 5:34:59 PM
Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy is hiring a new development director.
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Federal agency blasts PolyMet impact statement
2/22/2010 3:16:45 PM
The Environmental Protection Agency said the proposed PolyMet mine impact statement was seriously f...
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America's water crisis subject of lecture
2/17/2010 10:02:43 PM
Arizona law professor will discuss America's water crisis and what to do about it
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MCEA, others, kick off campaign to improve roads for walkers, bikers
2/9/2010 5:47:56 PM
Complete Streets bills were introduced in the Legislature Monday and they would allow flexibility i...
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Surprising support in tar sands pipeline fight, despite court loss
2/5/2010 3:17:44 PM
More court action this past week in MCEA's battle against a tar sands pipeline and rhetorical suppo...
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PolyMet mine fails exam,must improve to get permits
2/3/2010 3:18:27 PM
PolyMet's draft environmental impact statement comes up short so it would be illegal for the govern...
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MCEA, others, appeal ATVs in Superior National Forest
1/27/2010 12:03:16 PM
MCEA and others have appealed a Superior National Forest plan that would allow more miles of roads ...
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MCEA-sponsored gubernatorial debate Monday will highlight land use, transit
1/22/2010 2:17:28 PM
Nearly a dozen candidates for governor will be at a free debate to discuss environmental issues Mon...
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Check out the latest MCEA newsletter
1/21/2010 2:39:50 PM
The January newsletter is out with much to tell about MCEA's work.
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Water hearings: You talk, they listen
1/13/2010 5:01:19 PM
The public can tell officials how to protect Minnesota's groundwater, lakes and rivers at statewide...
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Today's task: Call U.S. Senator on global warming
1/11/2010 4:50:24 PM
Today is a national call-in day to urge senators to pass global warming legislation.
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Yesterday, today, and tomorrow
1/7/2010 5:17:34 PM
A recent magazine piece reminds us all of how much the Mississippi River in Minnesota has improved....
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Enviros to U.S. Senators: Endorsing acid-producing mine was premature
12/28/2009 3:43:22 PM
Minnesota's U.S. senators should not have endorsed the PolyMet mine proposal until all the facts ar...
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Landmark project: Customers buy less gas, company still profits
12/18/2009 3:46:33 PM
A pilot project with CenterPoint Energy provides incentives for customers to use less natural gas w...
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Updates: Duluth bicyclists vindicated; BWCA forecast is continued haze
12/16/2009 4:57:57 PM
Updates on two stories previously reported.
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Catch MCEA on "Almanac" tonight discussing tar sands oil
12/11/2009 10:31:33 AM
MCEA lawyer Mary Marrow will explain why dirty tar sands oil is bad for Minnesota, the U.S. and Can...
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Public gets to comment on copper-nickel mine at Blaine meeting
12/9/2009 12:41:42 PM
Twin Cities residents can comment on a new mine that could effect Lake Superior's watershed at a he...
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Scott Strand named new executive director of MCEA
12/7/2009 5:47:40 PM
MCEA board selected Scott Strand to be the new executive director.
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Sick of invaders, groups tell Coast Guard to crack down on Great Lakes ships
11/30/2009 2:31:18 PM
Six environmental groups told the Coast Guard to quickly implement strict ballast water rules for G...
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Goodpaster called "unsung hero" in newspaper profile
11/23/2009 5:16:30 PM
The St. Paul Pioneer Press profiled MCEA's Beth Goodpaster and the work she did in stopping the Big...
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Groups argue for federal injunction against pipeline
11/18/2009 12:08:02 PM
A preliminary injunction to stop construction of the Enbridge pipeline is essential, environmental ...
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Feds agree with MCEA in cleaning haze over BWCA
11/11/2009 4:11:06 PM
A federal agency and state board took positive steps to clean up haze over Minnesota wilderness.
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Free film on sulfide mining hazards premiers Wednesday evening
11/9/2009 2:39:47 PM
The showing of a film by the Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness will have its initial showin...
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"Persistence won out" in Big Stone II victory
11/3/2009 11:21:04 AM
After a more than four year struggle, MCEA and its allies were victorious and the coal-fired power ...
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Four years in the making, mining impact statement will be scrutinized by MCEA
10/28/2009 6:27:20 PM
The state released its long-awaited environmental impact statement on the proposed PolyMet copper-n...
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MCEA in court next week in drainage case
10/19/2009 3:25:10 PM
A Kittson County judge will hear MCEA's arguments that Roseau County and others should be brought i...
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Make state agency protect lakes and rivers, MCEA petitions feds
10/5/2009 8:36:58 AM
MCEA petitioned the U.S. EPA to force the state to write stronger water permits and eliminate strai...
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Don Shelby will be featured speaker at MCEA dinner
9/29/2009 4:09:30 PM
WCCO-TV anchor, Project Energy host will speak at Nov. 12 event
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This courtroom loss not all bad for environment
9/22/2009 5:21:05 PM
Court of Appeals handed MCEA a loss in Minnesota Steel case, but it has a big upside.
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Keillor needs rest, will miss MCEA dinner
9/17/2009 10:17:14 AM
Garrison Keillor told MCEA that he must cancel his appearance at the November members dinner becaus...
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MAJOR VICTORY: Big Stone II powerplant likely dead
9/14/2009 5:21:54 PM
The proposed Big Stone II coal-fired power plant's lead developer has pulled out of the project.
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MCEA, others, sue Secretary Clinton over tar sands pipeline
9/3/2009 5:50:03 PM
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton violated the law in the way she granted a permit to build a tar ...
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Bicyclists ticketed while delivering food to soup kitchen
8/28/2009 5:38:09 PM
Three Duluth homeless shelter workers have been ticketed twice by police while delivering food to a...
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Clinton okays tar sands pipeline; MCEA, others will sue
8/21/2009 3:29:05 PM
State Department approval of a permit allowing a pipeline for dirty tar sands oil to be built from ...
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Appeals Court: Fibers in Silver Bay air still must be no more than St. Paul's air
8/21/2009 2:05:19 PM
The "control city standard" remains the law, but only through state permits, not federal court inju...
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Hazing: MCEA fights to clean air over Boundary Waters
8/17/2009 10:32:03 AM
Haze is ruining the view in Boundary Waters and other pristine treasures.
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MCEA fights recession, posts two jobs
8/7/2009 5:18:41 PM
The jobs of executive director and legal secretary are open.
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MCEA wins national award
8/3/2009 11:52:47 AM
The American Bar Association gave MCEA its Distinguished Achievement award Sunday.
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Court decision is bad for Lake Superior
7/28/2009 5:21:54 PM
A state permit system to regulate ship ballast water in Lake Superior is adequate, the Minnesota Co...
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Agencies can't ignore global warming MCEA tells court
7/17/2009 4:39:22 PM
The DNR didn't adequately consider global warming pollution during environmental review of the taco...
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Come party with us
7/15/2009 1:53:51 PM
MCEA is turning 35 and we need volunteers to help organize a gala event
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Impaired fertility linked to levels of PFCs found in tested East Metro residents
7/10/2009 4:38:57 PM
The average levels of some PFCs in tested residents was at or above the level scientific studies ha...
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Report:Great Lakes wetlands need more protection
7/7/2009 3:50:27 PM
National Wildlife Federation, with help from MCEA, released a report Monday on the state of wetland...
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Petition urging Senate to pass climate bill
7/2/2009 5:32:25 PM
MCEA is making available a petition to the U.S. Senate urging passage of the climate change bill
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Public Health group endorses MCEA proposal for tougher lead standard
6/25/2009 2:59:03 PM
Minnesota Public Health Association passed a resolution backing MCEA's efforts for tougher state gu...
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Good and bad ethanol and the global warming bill
6/16/2009 6:12:45 PM
Minnesota has good ethanol and bad ethanol. A vote for the Waxman-Markey bill will help good ethano...
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MCEA and allies appeal Big Stone II decision in court
6/5/2009 4:30:05 PM
MCEA and its allies filed with the Minnesota Court of Appeals to stop the Big Stone II coal-fired p...
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New clean water bill is good channel when new tax dollars flow
6/3/2009 5:20:41 PM
Increased sales tax money from the constitutional amendment starts flowing July 1 and new bill puts...
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Forest Services agrees with MCEA; study needed of mining effects in Superior Forest
5/29/2009 6:00:20 PM
Mining companies want to drill in Superior National Forest . The U.S. Forest Service will study lik...
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Erkel explains Obama's clean cars on WCCO
5/20/2009 2:40:58 PM
Jim Erkel explains to WCCO-AM's audience why the clean cars standard announced by President Obama i...
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Ballast water regs are too lax, MCEA tells court
5/15/2009 4:40:03 PM
MCEA argued before the Minnesota Court of Appeals Thursday that the state's new ballast water permi...
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Martha Brand retires as MCEA chief
5/5/2009 2:44:07 PM
Martha Brand, executive director of MCEA the past six years, announced her retirement, effective ne...
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Aasen touts Clean Water bill as it passes major senate committee
4/28/2009 11:39:02 AM
MCEA's Paul Aasen told a capitol news conference Tuesday that he and a diverse group of organizatio...
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State agency orders new power lines carry wind power
4/20/2009 5:08:49 PM
In a partial victory for MCEA and other groups pushing for more electricity from wind turbines, a s...
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