Current Actions

Oppose Data Center Tax and Environmental Review Exemptions

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT

There is a concerted effort in Minnesota (and around the country) to incentivize the construction & operation of hyper-scale data centers - projects being pushed by Big Tech (Amazon, Meta, Google, Etc) to power Artificial Intelligence. In Minnesota, we are seeing this by proposed exemptions from tax and environmental review - we need to push back!

Governor and Lt Governor Support for Wild Rice Protections

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT

Request support from Governor Walz & Lt. Governor Flanagan to support Wild Rice Protections!

No Transportation Budget Cuts and delays to Climate Impact of Highways

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT

Rollback of Transit and Groundbreaking Transportation Policy
On April 11, the House Transportation Committee passed its omnibus budget (and policy!) bill, HF 2438. MNIPL has two significant concerns:

First, cuts to transit funding:

The budget contains cuts to:
? Greater Minnesota Transit: $12 million each biennium, 2026/27 and 2028/29;

? Metro Transit: $40 million in 2026/27, and $64 million cut in 2028/29

? Metro Mobility: no change in 2026/27, but a $27 million cut in 2028/29.

These cuts will dramatically impact the quality of transit across Minnesota, compromising its ability to give people of all ages options for living independently when they can’t or don’t wish to drive.

Second, the rollback of groundbreaking climate policy:

In 2023, the legislature passed a law that requires the Department of Transportation to adhere to both greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) reduction targets as they are planning transportation projects.This important “Climate Impact of Highways” Law was groundbreaking for Minnesota and the law went into effect this past February.

But now the House Transportation bill contains a 3-year implementation delay of this important policy.

Please call your Minnesota Representative and tell them to vote NO on HF 2438.

Protect Our Climate Victories - No Rollbacks to Climate Policy

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT

Minnesota's proposed Senate Energy budget bill would benefit big tech data centers, but would roll back programs that help everyday Minnesotans save money while moving to clean energy. Please tell your Senator to stand for strong climate policy by voting No on SF 2393.

Please Include Wild Rice Act in the Environmental Omnibus!

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT

SF 1247 has not been included in the Senate Environment, Climate & Legacy Committee's Omnibus, which is scheduled for a hearing on Tuesday April 8. We need to demand Wild Rice be protected this legislative session!

Filling out the information on this call to action will automatically send this message to your elected representative in the Minnesota House and Senate.

Protect Wild Rice this Legislative Session!

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT

We need to make sure our elected officials prioritize the protection of Wild Rice this legislative session!

Filling out the information on this call to action will automatically send this message to your elected representative in the Minnesota House and Senate.

Ask Your Representative to Vote No on HF9

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Thanks to the work of Minnesotans like you, in 2023, Minnesota passed a bill requiring that 100% of our electricity be carbon-free by 2040. This was a huge win!

Unfortunately, representatives have introduced a bill that would our ability to fully move toward the real renewable-powered future we know will make our lives better.

HF9 would:

Unnecessarily extend the timeline for compliance with Minnesota’s carbon-free law.
Unnecessarily lift the nuclear moratorium, in place in Minnesota since 1994, without first engaging in an informed and deep discussion about the expense, environmental risks and potential benefits of opening the doors to new nuclear power.
Stop municipalities from allowing defunct fossil-fueled electric plants from being demolished.
Make it a state policy to support carbon capture and sequestration, including the kind most often employed today that encourages the building of carbon dioxide pipelines to bring captured carbon to oil wells for “enhanced oil recovery.”
Allowing any size of hydroelectric power to count as renewable, despite a history of limitations that recognized the fact that hydro projects have historically been forced on Indigenous communities and resulted in severe environmental degradation.

Please send a message to your representative to remind them of our commitment to transitioning to a better future. We’ve pre-populated an email for you to send – just input your name, email address, and home address, and it’ll send an email directly to your representative.