Legislative Updates

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Legislative Updates
Special Session Action Alert: Support conservation & our environmental agencies [CLOSED]
June 3, 2021

The fate of this year's omnibus Environment Bill will be decided in the upcoming special session. Please send a quick message to your legislators to support the ENRTF, fully fund our environmental state agencies, and say no to unnecessary changes to the Public Waters Inventory process. >>

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Special Session Action Alert: Support clean water bonding [CLOSED]
May 27, 2021

Next up for this special session: the bonding bill. Join us in calling on legislators to support two important water infrastructure projects: #FixthePipes and CREP. >>

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Special Session Action Alert: Support clean water & oppose raids to the Clean Water Fund [CLOSED]
May 26, 2021

The Minnesota Legislature is coming back for a special session! We're asking River Guardians and others to weigh in on three priority environmental bills to make sure lawmakers get this right. First up: the Omnibus Legacy Bill. >>

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The clock runs out on the Minnesota Legislature
by Trevor Russell
May 19, 2021

On the final day of the 2021 legislative session, lawmakers agreed to a $52 billion two-year state budget, but the clock ran out before they could pass any meaningful legislation. Here’s where major water-related environmental bills stand as we prepare for a special session.  >>

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Action Alert: Environment Bill – Support Conservation & the Environmental Trust Fund [CLOSED]
May 11, 2021

The fate of this year's environment bill will be decided in the coming weeks. Please send a quick message to your lawmakers to support environmental funding, support the Environmental Trust Fund and oppose policy rollbacks in the final bill. >>

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MN Senate says: It's clean cars or state parks, not both
by Trevor Russell
May 6, 2021

Earlier this week, the environmental debate at the Legislature crescendoed when the Senate threatened to block the entire Omnibus Environment Bill if Gov. Walz doesn't agree to repeal the Minnesota Pollution Control Agencies’ existing authority to regulate auto emissions.  >>

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Action Alert: Legacy Bill – Support Forever Green & oppose unconstitutional raids [CLOSED]
May 5, 2021

Ask your legislators to support fully funding Forever Green and to oppose unconstitutional raids on the Clean Water Fund. >>

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Upcoming Events

Educators: Bring FMR to your students
This school year
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Webinar + Q&A: 'Sustainable Aviation Fuel: How Minnesota can get it right.'
Thursday, January 16, 2025 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
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Brush haul and bonfire at Rosemount Preserve and North 20 Brewing, Rosemount
Saturday, January 18, 2025 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Rosemount Wildlife Preserve and North 20 Brewing, Rosemount

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