Top Priority Campaign

Protect our 10,000 Lakes

Our thousands of beautiful, famous lakes are the pride and treasure of our region. Unfortunately, the health of our lakes and others across the country is at risk.

Over the last 10 years, Clean Water Act protections have been weakened, allowing polluters to dump without limit in the streams and wetlands that feed our great waterways -- the same streams that flow into our lakes. Congress is taking up a bill right now that will restore Clean Water Act protections to all U.S. waterways.

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Other Priorities

Repower America

As the U.S. Senate considers historic energy legislation, we're calling on Sens. Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar to work to pass a strong bill that will repower America with clean energy and stop global warming before it's too late.

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Latest News

New Report Outlines Bold Solar Vision for America 3/09/2010

MINNEAPOLIS – From laundromats and universities, to homes and cars, solar energy is already enhancing energy security and reducing pollution in America. A new Environment Minnesota report outlines a vision for using the sun to meet 10 percent of the United States’ total energy needs by 2030.

Our Latest Reports

Building a Solar Future: Repowering America's Homes, Businesses and Industry with Solar Energy 3/09/2010

America has virtually limitless potential to tap the energy of the sun. Solar energy is clean, safe, proven and available everywhere, and the price of many solar energy technologies is declining rapidly. By adopting solar energy on a broad scale, the nation can address our biggest energy challenges – our dependence on fossil fuels and the need to address global warming – while also boosting our economy.

Courting Disaster: How the Supreme Court has Broken the Clean Water Act and Why Congress Must Fix It 2/12/2010

For decades, the Clean Water Act protected the Nation’s surface water bodies from unregulated pollution and rescued them from the crisis status they were in during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Now these vital protections are being lost. This report details the threat to our Nation’s waters by examining dozens of case studies, and highlights the urgent need for Congress to restore full Clean Water Act protections to our waters.

Working Together

Environment Minnesota combines independent research, practical solutions and tough-minded advocacy to win real results for our environment. As part of Environment America, we fight to protect our air, water and open spaces, here in Minnesota, in state capitols across the country, and in Washington, D.C. Join us!