A lawn sign to Stop Line 3
One of MN350’s primary campaigns is to Stop Line 3, a massive tar sands oil pipeline. This pipeline, similar to the Keystone XL and DAPL, would carry dirty crude oil for miles across Minnesota land and water. The current Line 3 pipeline is 34 inches in diameter and stretches 330 miles. The new Line 3… Read more »
Mutual aid as part of just transition
The COVID-19 pandemic has fully illuminated the inequities we face as a society and the ways those systemic problems disproportionately impact people of color and vulnerable communities, including people experiencing homelessness or incarceration. As Minnesotans seek to not only protect our neighbors but emerge from this pandemic through a just transition, we can learn many… Read more »
2020 year in review
St. Paul neighbors have faced a lot together in 2020, including the pandemic, racial justice uprising, and a high stakes national election. Yet, in spite of these historic challenges, we also accomplished a lot together and built new skills and values that will stay with us even if/when these challenges are resolved. Since 2020 was… Read more »
Line 3 puts us all at risk
Dangerously flying in the face of all public health guidelines to prevent the rapidly growing spread of coronavirus in Minnesota: the decision to import at this time thousands of workers from multiple states to construct a Line 3 pipeline. Minnesota is currently facing an unprecedented firestorm surge of coronavirus, with over 350,000 cases and 4,000… Read more »
Attorney General Keith Ellison sued corporate polluters: What does this mean for Minnesotans?
On June 24, 2020, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison sued ExxonMobil, Koch Industries, and the American Petroleum Institute on the grounds that they deceived and defrauded Minnesotans about climate change. Minnesota is one of five other states, several cities, and one island (Maui, the second-largest Hawaiian Island), that have sued the oil giants on similar… Read more »
Introducing the MN350 podcast
From the MN350 Food Systems Team comes a podcast about how we create a food system that is local, regenerative, and equitable. Nourish by MN350 introduces listeners to real-world examples of the food systems we want to create and how these examples address issues created by our current industrial food system. Two episodes are now available: “Diversity… Read more »
The link between human health and climate change
Human health is inextricably linked to the health and well-being of our planet. The impacts of climate change are already here, and we’re now facing compounding disasters such as wildfires, hurricanes, and extreme heat waves along with the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions of quarantine and social distancing. As a physician, I educate my patients on what… Read more »
A win for clean transportation
The future is electric, and that future is one step closer to reality today. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has announced that it received applications for more than 40 electric school buses for a $3 million proposed pilot project. The funds are allocated from Minnesota’s portion of the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal settlement funds,… Read more »
How MN350 got its name
In his 2009 book, Storms of My Grandchildren, climate scientist and activist James Hansen talks about how, two years earlier, environmentalist leader and writer Bill McKibben approached him to confirm that the 450 parts per million (ppm) he had estimated as an upper limit for CO2 in the atmosphere was correct. McKibben was looking for… Read more »
Eight reasons for hope and confidence on Election Day
Congratulations, Minnesotans, you’ve almost made it to the end of the 2020 election! Here are eight things to know about voting. 1. Voting is easy. But don’t use the mail. More than 1 million Minnesotans have already voted early. People are literally lining up to do so, albeit with masks and social distancing. Many have… Read more »
