Have you ever seen the exposed oil pipelines running through the treasured waterways of Minnesota? Do you know what the oil distribution company Enbridge Energy Corp. and the MN Public Utilities Commission is planning to risk in expanding the capacity of these pipelines? Join us for Minnesota’s Tar Sands Fight:  A Trip to the Pipeline. This will be an all day excursion that will include visits to the Clearbrook Tank Farms, exposed pipeline at Cass [...]

Minnesotans Travel to Nebraska for KXL Public Hearing:  Minnesota was represented at the Keystone XL hearings in Nebraska by 44 intrepid souls who braved two all-night bus rides (one there and one back) in sometimes blizzard conditions to testify against the pipeline and support the other testifiers. An estimated 1000 people joined us from all over the country where we heard powerful testimony by local ranchers and farmers, Indigenous allies, victims of tar sands spills [...]

Five years ago, our state took a big bipartisan step to cleaner energy and a stronger economy, proving that we can create thousands of jobs. But our work is not done. Now, we have an opportunity to take the next big step forward – transitioning to clean, renewable energy like wind and solar power, increasing energy efficiency, and making it easier to generate local power. We can’t afford to wait. We must promote clean, renewable energy, [...]

Energy costs are rising and energy pollution is causing significant global problems. We often feel powerless to change things. But we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to put cleaner, more affordable, and more local energy on the agenda right here in Minneapolis. Energy Choices for Minneapolis from John Farrell In this exciting campaign citizens of Minneapolis will have a once in 20 year opportunity to weigh in on how they get their power.   Here is [...]