I am the representative for MOU to the Minnesota Environmental Partnership (MEP) which is an organization composed of about 60 environmental organizations in our state. The MEP puts together legislative goals for each year and lobbies for them at the state level. I have been asked to survey our membership to select the top and second priorities for the coming legislative session. Please respond to me your first and second choice for top issues and I will tally them and and send the results to MEP. Thanks for your thoughts and participation.
Government/Agency Accountability to Protect Environment Restore the Integrity of Environmental Review Carbon Pricing - Equitable State Carbon Pricing Climate Crisis Climate Crisis with a focus on Transportation Climate Crisis with a focus on Soil Health Climate Crisis with a focus on Habitat Protection Climate Resilience Green Financing Pay Farmers to sequester carbon in their soil 100% Renewable Energy Statewide by 2040 Ban sulfide-ore copper mining in Minnesota Ban sulfide-ore copper mining in the Rainy River drainage basin Separate DNR mining promotion from regulation Species Extinctions Pollinator Conservation Pesticide Reduction Strengthen protection for wilderness and public lands Collapsing Ecosystems Wildlife Corridors Plastic Pollution Resource Recovery (like metals recycling) Drinking Water Restoring Altered Hydrology Source Water Protection Water Sustainability (reuse, recharge, conservation) Water Pollution Tom Bell Grey Cloud Island 5868 Pioneer Rd. S. St. Paul Park, MN 55071 651 459-4150 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
