Sierra Club MN North Star Chapter

Lead the Charge: An Even Cleaner EV is Possible A new analysis ranking 18 global automakers shows that a truly cleaner, more responsible EV is within reach. The leaders are proving it can be done, and the laggards, like the world’s largest automake...

Even cleaner EVs – built with equitable, sustainable & fossil-free supply chains are within reach. The Lead the Charge Leaderboard ranking 18 global automakers shows a majority are taking important steps to clean up their supply chains. @leadthecharge.bsky.social
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Sierra Club leaders at MN State Capitol with “Prove it First” and “Save Water and our BWCA”

Minnesotans at the State Capitol say: protect water, protect the Boundary Waters!
With the federal government stripping basic protections and selling our public lands, state level action matters.

Minnesotans are calling for protection from Big Tech's secret data center deals. Please watch the video and call your legislators to urge action! #mnleg #datacenters #handsoff #peoplenotpolluters

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Minnesotans call for Moratorium on Big Tech data centers.
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Sierra Club logo with headline "Trump Attacks Clean Air Act"

This week the Trump administration announced its rule revoking the EPAs longstanding greenhouse gas endangerment finding under the federal Clean Air Act.
We're fighting back to ensure livable communities across Minnesota for generations to come. www.sierraclub.org/minnesota/bl...

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote NEXT WEEK on a resolution to repeal protections for the Boundary Waters watershed -- putting clean water and communities at serious risk.
Act now: Tell your Senators to vote NO. sc.org/boundarywaters

@sierraclub.org being one of them.

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote NEXT WEEK on a resolution to repeal protections for the Boundary Waters watershed -- putting clean water and communities at serious risk.
Act now: Tell your Senators to vote NO. sc.org/boundarywaters

Rosa Parks statue in Montgomery, AL.

This #TransitEquityDay, we demand #ICEoffOurStreets.
Stop staking out bus stops and abducting neighbors going to work or school.

The North Star Chapter of the @sierraclub.org stands with our neighbors in demanding #ICEOut of Minnesota now.
It's time to suspend the normal order of business to demand immediate accountability for federal agents, and for Congress to immediately intervene.

The North Star Chapter of the @sierraclub.org stands with our neighbors in demanding #ICEOut of Minnesota now.
It's time to suspend the normal order of business to demand immediate accountability for federal agents, and for Congress to immediately intervene.

Photo of BWCA with text reading: Action alert - Tell Congress to protect the Boundary Waters Wilderness from Toxic Mining

Photo of BWCA with text reading: The Trump Administration and its allies in Congress are attempting to *overturn protections* for the watershed surrounding the Boundary Waters in northern MN, and allow toxic sulfide ore mining to pollute tehse beloved public lands and waters.

Photo of BWCA with text reading: Join in fighting alongside northern Minnesota's downstream communities, tribal leaders, businesses and concerned residents against the threat of toxic sulfide mining. Tell your members of Congress to vote no. sc.org/boundarywaters

Take action! The House may vote soon on whether to repeal the 20-year mining ban for the #BWCA watershed - another attempt by Trump & allies to overturn protections from toxic sulfide ore mining, which threatens all MN watersheds.

Tell your member of Congress to vote NO: sc.org/BoundaryWaters

Photo of BWCA with text reading: Action alert - Tell Congress to protect the Boundary Waters Wilderness from Toxic Mining

Photo of BWCA with text reading: The Trump Administration and its allies in Congress are attempting to *overturn protections* for the watershed surrounding the Boundary Waters in northern MN, and allow toxic sulfide ore mining to pollute tehse beloved public lands and waters.

Photo of BWCA with text reading: Join in fighting alongside northern Minnesota's downstream communities, tribal leaders, businesses and concerned residents against the threat of toxic sulfide mining. Tell your members of Congress to vote no. sc.org/boundarywaters

Take action! The House may vote soon on whether to repeal the 20-year mining ban for the #BWCA watershed - another attempt by Trump & allies to overturn protections from toxic sulfide ore mining, which threatens all MN watersheds.

Tell your member of Congress to vote NO: sc.org/BoundaryWaters

On Thursday, Minnesota’s energy regulators voted on the side of polluting industries – to undermine our 100% Carbon Free law. Minnesotans from across the state showed up to say: Carbon free means carbon free.

E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution

Your life is literally worth nothing under Trump's EPA. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

🛑🔥 Can you ask Gov. Walz to stop undermining his climate legacy before a key vote on Thursday? It is powerful to take action for our climate — visit sc.org/MNclimate to act now

🛑🔥 Can you ask Gov. Walz to stop undermining his climate legacy before a key vote on Thursday? It is powerful to take action for our climate — visit sc.org/MNclimate to act now

Sierra Club North Star Chapter demands ICE out of Minnesota now.

We stand with our neighbors in demanding ICE out of Minnesota now. We are calling for accountability in the killing of Renee Nicole Good, and an end to ICE actions that are terrorizing our diverse Minnesota communities.

Join CURE's webinar: Data Centers: DPAs/NDAs/Transparency. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join CURE and Minnesotans for Open Government for an informative webinar about the Data Practices Act (DPA) – Minnesota's foundational public records law – and how you can exercise your rights to view and receive public data consistent with that law. Presenters will provide timely examples of how DPA requests have been used to learn more about secrecy-shrouded data center projects across the state and answer questions about how the DPA applies despite things like non-disclosure agreements entered into by local governments. This webinar kicks off CURE’s Data Center webinar series, which will...

🔎 Curious about data centers? Join CURE & Minnesotans for Open Government on Dec 10th, 6:30-7:30 PM for our webinar on transparency! 🏡

Register now: https://bit.ly/DataCenterTransparency

#DataCenters #Transparency #DPA #NDA #CUREMN

St. Paul has a chance to protect birds, boost downtown investment - MinnPost The city is finally coming into compliance with Mississippi River environmental mandates, and it’s an opportunity for progress in St. Paul.

“density and urban development is one of the most environmentally sustainable things we can do”
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Corn’s clean-energy promise is clashing with its climate footprint • Minnesota Reformer Since 2000, U.S. corn production has surged almost 50%, further adding to the crop’s climate impact.

Thanks to our friends at @floodlightnews.org Corn’s clean-energy promise is clashing with its climate footprint minnesotareformer.com/2025/12/03/c...

Congrats Mpls! The city's achievement is not just about cycling, it's about creating a more inclusive, accessible, affordable, &safer city.

District 61a is lucky to be home to recent upgrades incl. on Hennepin Ave in Downtown & Uptown & on Dunwoody Ave! Great progress & still more room to improve.

It's the sustainable, renewable thought that counts.

Sierra Club Receives Developers’ Action Award The Sierra Club is a recipient of the 2025 Action Award from the Sustainable Developer Collaborative!

It’s not everyday that housing developers recognize an environmental organization with their Action Award.
Advocating for Yes to Homes with @moreneighbors.org is climate action! 🏘️🌎
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you’re invited: state of the campaign to shut down herc! Wednesday 9/17 6-7:30pm on zoom We will discuss the status of the HERC closure campaign and hear from coalition partners to provide an overview of the health, financial, and legal frameworks. We will also outline a series of next steps as we prepare for the next few months. Sign up at: zeroburncoalition.org Picture of herc trash burner and minneapolis skyline in the background.

Have you been wondering what’s going on with the HERC?

Join the “State of the Campaign” webinar Wed 9/17 at 6pm!

Sign up at zeroburncoalition.org

Flier with a picture of HERC incinerator in the background and a large group of people protesting in the foreground with various sayings like, “Close the door on HERC, open a window for zero waste,” “Hennepin County: Let’s move beyond burn and bury, do your part and start the closure of HERC.” Text of flier says: “you’re invited: HERC TOWNHALL WITH HEALTHCARE WORKERS: Wed • 11/19 • 6-7:30pm Heritage Park Neighborhood Association 1000 Olson Memorial Highway, MPLS, HERC is the #1 polluter in Hennepin County and is poisoning and killing people. North and South MPLS are particularly impacted. Healthcare workers + professionals are raising the alarm on the County’s misleading information. Light dinner will be provided. Learn more at: zeroburncoalition.org” Co-sponsored by Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate, Black Visions, Minnesota Environmental Justice Table, Sierra Club North Star Chapter, Zero Burn Coalition

THIS WEDNESDAY, 11/19, 6-7:30pm! Hear from healthcare workers and other community members on the impacts of burning trash...

Location: Heritage Park Neighborhood Association, 1000 Olson Memorial Highway, Minneapolis

Roadless Rule: Privatizing our natural forests would be devastating - MinnPost The Trump administration's plan to revoke the Roadless Area Conservation Rule is a threat to public lands in Minnesota and nationwide.

Our State Director Margaret Levin @sierraclub.org and Lois Norrgard, National Field Organizer at the Alaska Wilderness League co-authored an op-ed in @minnpost.bsky.social on how Trump’s rollbacks to the Roadless Rule would harm Minnesotans.
📷 Read the full column at tinyurl.com/minnpost-roadless

More Minnesota schools are training mechanics on electric vehicles - MinnPost As more electric vehicles hit the road in Minnesota, colleges in rural areas of the state are rolling out EV programs in response.

"EVs are undoubtedly becoming more common. More than 6% of all vehicle sales in Minnesota were EVs by 2023" Training students to maintain clean cars makes sense.
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Washington: 10 good things about Metro Transit — including one that’s simply priceless The system’s been plagued by high crime, low ridership, rampant fare evasion and an ever-ballooning billion-dollar budget. But there are good things to be said about the buses and trains, Robin Washin...

"If you go looking for good, you might find it"
Public transit is clean transportation. Public transit works.
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