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Concrete Beach Party draws attention to at-risk waterways.

Members of Environment Minnesota and Clean Water Action Minnesota held a concrete beach party in St. Paul to draw attention to a bill in the U.S. House that would put our state's waterways and drinking water at risk. Read more.

News Release | Environment Minnesota

Time to Protect the Grand Canyon from Toxic Mining

On June 20, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar is expected to make a major announcement at the Grand Canyon.

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Report | Environment Minnesota Research and Policy Center

Summer Gas Prices: Beating the Heat With Clean Cars

As Minnesotans brace themselves for skyrocketing gas prices; a new Environment Minnesota report finds that more fuel efficient cars would save every Minnesota family an average of $538 at the gas pump this summer alone. The report was released as the Obama administration is developing new fuel efficiency and global warming pollution standards for cars and light trucks. 

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News Release | Environment Minnesota

Clean cars would save Minnesotans $1,258,732,873 at the gas pump this summer

As Minnesotans brace themselves for skyrocketing gas prices; a new Environment Minnesota report finds that more fuel efficient cars would save every Minnesota family an average of $538 at the gas pump this summer alone. The report was released as the Obama administration is developing new fuel efficiency and global warming pollution standards for cars and light trucks. 

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News Release | Environment Minnesota

Our Environment and Public Health Under Attack:
 Rundown of the Worst of the 
U.S. House Funding Bill (H.R. 1)

The U.S. House of Representatives launched an outright attack on America’s health, clean air, and clean water in the early morning hours of February 19, when it passed a funding bill (H.R. 1) that amounts to one of the most far-reaching assaults on the nation’s core environmental and public health programs in recent history.  While Americans voted for many things in November, they surely didn’t vote for more asthma attacks, more polluted drinking water supplies and more threats to our treasured national parks—but that’s exactly what would result if this dangerous bill were to become law.

 

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Report | Environment Minnesota Research and Policy Center

Environment Minnesota Helps Minnesotans Plug into Clean Energy for Earth Day

On Earth Day, Environment Minnesota released a new guide to help Minnesotans improve the energy performance of their homes and workplaces. The renewable energy and energy-saving measures proposed by Environment Minnesota’s Plug into Clean Energy Guide promise to lower energy bills and reduce pollution from power plants across the state.

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