News

Read MCEA's Chief Strategy Officer, Aaron Klemz' op-ed on why it isn't regulations that shut mining projects down - but their own failure to meet safe environmental standards. 

Read the latest from MCEA - including the push against toxic PFAS chemicals, the Cumulative Impacts Bill, a legal victory, op-eds, and more! 

Read an op-ed by Abby Dougherty, MCEA's Northeastern Minnesota Program Associate, about the importance of the Digital Fair Repair Act and how it can help with mineral demand. 

On Feb. 14th 2023, MCEA staff was joined by Roxxanne O’Brien of Community Members for Environmental Justice (CMEJ) and Sophia Benrud of the Minnesota Environmental Justice Table (MN EJ Table) to discuss upcoming cumulative impacts legislation. Panelists also had a broader conversation on Minnesota environmental justice history, issues, and the need for action.

Read op-ed by MCEA's Deputy Director and Chief Legal OfficerKevin Reuther, about the importance of the Minneapolis 2040 zoning plan should be subject to challenge under Minnesota Environmental Rights Act.

In an important win for the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a massive and controversial engineered wood factory proposed to be built near the Band’s Reservation must undergo additional environmental study.

Momentous news: the Minnesota legislature just passed the 100% Clean Energy legislation, requiring all Minnesota electric utilities to use only carbon-free energy by 2040.   

Read an op-ed by our Chief Equity and Partnership Officer, Eric Ini, about Polymet's parent company Glencore and their history of corrupt practices. 

Read MCEA's Northeastern Minnesota Director, JT Haines', op-ed response to why Polymet's mining proposal has been contested for more than ten years—because it doesn't meet the standards.