Most people in Minnesota probably don’t realize that our air is incredibly clean. According to Minnesota Pollution Control Agency data, our air meets all federal air quality standards, which are…
It seems like we’re always being told that we are losing on the environment. Not only that, it seems like we’re being told are losing even more today than we…
Cold water on summer amusements.
A win for home health care workers.
It was supposed to be a done deal. The resolution to make Plymouth Minnesota’s newest “GreenStep City” was slipped into the city council’s consent agenda, clearing the way for expected…
Hello, All! I won’t be in the office today because I’ve been invited to attend a speech at the White House by President Trump highlighting the fact that America’s air…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Summer time and the living isn’t easy, at least not in the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s world. The latest edition of the state agency’s “Living Green 365” newsletter warns that…
Some renewable energy advocacy groups claim that Minnesota should aspire to have cheaper and cleaner electricity by using more wind and solar. Of course, this logic makes no sense because…
Sam Rockwell, who is the President of the Minneapolis Planning Commission, recently wrote an oped in the Star Tribune entitled “To Save the Planet, We Have To Get Over Cars,”…
Minnesota Personal Care Attendants (PCAs) celebrated today’s announcement that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has overturned an Obama-era rule allowing Medicaid payments to be diverted to government…
You probably don’t think of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency as a go-to source for fashion tips. But in its latest “Living Green 365” bulletin, the state agency urges Minnesotans…
On Tuesday, January 22, 2019, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) delivered a presentation to the Minnesota House of Representatives detailing the condition of the state’s air. In what may…
After filing an amicus brief at the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of a St. Cloud University faculty member, Kathy Uradnik, the Center filed an amicus brief in support of…
Last year I participated in a debate about the future of copper nickel mining in Minnesota at the Theater of Public Policy with Kevin Lee, from the Minnesota Center for…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Great news! The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has granted the final permits for the PolyMet copper-nickel project in northern Minnesota to move forward. According to PCA: “The Minnesota Pollution Control…
“How much hotter is your hometown than when you were born?” That’s the inflammatory headline of the New York Times interactive tool designed to demonstrate on a personal level that…
Minnesota’s most vulnerable population has been exposed to a data breach at the state agency that is supposed to guard their privacy and well-being. According to a letter mailed to…
The Polymet mining project took one more step toward a final decision on whether the company will be able to begin developing some of Minnesota’s massive copper, nickel, platinum, and…
Every year, millions of dollars are spent propping up astroturf groups that pretend to be conservative that push for decidedly unconservative policies including taxing carbon dioxide emissions and advocating for…
The Trump Administration has released its revised version of the Clean Power Plan (CPP), which was considered to be the signature climate change regulation of the Obama Administration. The new…
To be clear, if the Obama rule is fixed, the unions that have been certified would unfortunately continue until they are decertified—that is why MNPCA is not giving up in…
Environmental activists and green energy special interest groups are circling the wagons. They’re panicking over an administrative law judge’s thumbs-down on a huge, but locally unpopular proposed wind farm on…