On Monday, December 21st, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) released the much-anticipated proposed Clean Cars Minnesota rule. This rule will tighten tailpipe emissions standards for passenger cars and trucks sold in Minnesota and make a greater variety of electric vehicles more widely available in the state. More on Clean Cars from MPCA. People across […]
Climate Change
The future of coal is dim
By Merrill Piepkorn, North Dakota State Senator, District 44 — North Fargo Great River Energy is a Minnesota-based cooperative that serves 700,000 members through 28 electric cooperatives. The lignite coal burning Coal Creek Station electric generation plant near Washburn, N.D., has been one of Great River’s major sources of electricity since it began operating in […]
LSP Special Report—“Crop Insurance: A Torn Safety Net”
Federal crop insurance, the Farm Bill’s biggest agricultural program, has transformed from a key safety net for our nation’s farmers to a system that consolidates land ownership, shifts billions of dollars in public funding to large corporations, and harms the land and water. The Land Stewardship Project (LSP) today published a special report on federal […]