From addressing motorboat traffic to visitation levels and motorized portages, there is more we can do to fulfill the dream of fully protected BWCA, Kevin Proescholdt writes.

Hennepin County and the Met Council need to stop pointing fingers and find a way to close this $224 million funding gap, the authors write.

Hennepin County and the Met Council need to stop pointing fingers and find a way to close this $224 million funding gap, the authors write.

Hennepin County is keeping the project alive but says it needs the Met Council to chip in to cover construction costs.

Hennepin County is keeping the project alive but says it needs the Met Council to chip in to cover construction costs.

Happy Hour & panel discussion with local advocacy groups on how policy can make our land use & transportation goals a reality.

Using satellite data and interpretable machine learning, the widespread adoption of new energy vehicles was shown to reduce particulate matter particles with a diameter of 2.5 μm or less and carbon mo...

Northern Iron in St. Paul’s Payne-Phalen neighborhood is shutting down, after years of pressure from regulators and neighbors.

Our hearts are with the people and wildlife of Northern Minnesota affected by the devastating wildfires burning across the Superior National Forest and Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

The faster we go, the greater the benefit, both to our wallets and to the world we inhabit.

The driver stayed at the scene and cooperated with police.

The city doesn’t think the proposals are practical.

Research suggests 41,800 premature US deaths in 2024 were attributable to road pollution

Yes, the Twin Cities needs more affordable housing, but it could be much worse

Over a thousand transportation planners, engineers, government agency leaders, elected officials, and advocates, including Sierra Club staff and volunteers, recently converged in Minneapolis for the N...

A flat annual fee on EVs, hybrids is bad timing, worse policy

Since the start of the war with Iran at the end of February, gas prices have risen from around $2.80 to over $4. The spike in fuel costs have encouraged Minnesotans to look for other ways to get aroun...

EV charger installations funded by the US’ federal National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program finally started to accelerate in 2025, but were still held back by unnecessary federal roadblocks that slowed Americans’ access to clean transportation options, according to a new report. more…

Trump froze funding for the Biden-era initiative, but, after court battles, some states continue to use the money.

Minnesota made meaningful progress on rolling out federal EV charging dollars in 2025, but the vast majority of funding remains unspent, according to a new Sierra Club report out today.