Learn more about the potential damage to our environment being proposed by our Legislature.—
Check out the League of Women Voters- Minnesota website and their Capitol Letter that highlights some of the environmental issues at the legislature today.

Scroll down to the Environment section by Gwen Myers, LWV Minnesota Volunteer Lobbyist and Our Sky-Blue Waters at Risk
http://www.lwvmn.org/Page.aspx?pid=448

More dirty deeds of our legislators.  Please call yours and tell them lowering our water quality standards is not acceptable. And jobs is a smokescreen for the Iron Range legislators. People need to stand up and tell their legislators this is not acceptable.

Read the article from the Duluth News Tribune: http://tinyurl.com/44y9saa

I talked to Senator Klobuchar’s office this morning and asked why she would not sign on to Senator Bernie Sanders resolution supporting continued implementation of the Clean Air act. They could not provide an answer. Yet we had Senator Franken support it.

So I am wondering what has happened to Senator Klobuchar and, in my opinion, seeming to of lost some of our Minnesota values. (more…)

Around the country the basic right of workers to organize and collectively bargain is under attack. Ground zero for this battle has been Wisconsin, but the threats are arising all over the country. In Minnesota, Governor Dayton has promised to veto any legislative attack on workers’ rights, but this has not stopped the drumbeat of anti-labor and public worker demonization. (more…)

This week’s topics: Air Quality, Agriculture & Food, Cleaner Cars, Electronic Waste, Energy, Global Warming, Green Building, Green Business, Legislative Priorities, Mining, Mississippi River, OHVs, Outdoor Recreation, Parks & Trails, Transportation, Wildlife (more…)

This Week’s Topics: Agriculture & Food, Cleaner Cars, Energy, Global Warming, Great Outdoors & Heritage Amendment, Legislative Priorities, Outdoor Recreation, Parks & Trails, Solid Waste, Toxics, Transportation, Water, Wildlife, Latest Updates for Loon Commons Blog (more…)

Today’s Topics: Agriculture & Food, Energy, Global Warming, Great Outdoors & Heritage Amendment, Green Business, Green Holidays, Mercury, Outdoor Recreation, Parks & Trails, Solid Waste, Toxics, Transportation, Water (more…)

Today’s Topics: Agriculture & Food, Development, Energy, Global Warming, Great Lakes, Great Outdoors & Heritage Amendment, Green Business, Green Holidays, Health, Parks & Trails, People, Solid Waste, Toxics, Transportation, Water (more…)

Today’s Topics: Agriculture & Food, Clean Cars, Energy, Global Warming, Land Conservation, Mining, OHV’s, Sustainability, Toxins, Transportation, Water, Wildlife (more…)

Today’s Topics: Agriculture, Energy, Great Lakes, Green Holidays, Global Warming, Health, Parks & Trails,Pesticides,Sustainable Building,Transportation,Water, Wildlife

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