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🐦✨ Join the Audubon Christmas Bird Count! Volunteers help track our bird population loss—30% since 1970! Grab your binoculars! 🌲🦉
#ChristmasBirdCount
#CitizenScience
#GetOutside
#BirdsOfMinnesota
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Brown: It’s Christmastime, which means it’s time to count birds
"As millennials enter midlife, many face one of the most insidious hazards of aging: Sudden Onset Birding, or SOB," columnist Aaron Brown writes.
https://www.startribune.com/birding-minnesota-conservation-bird-populations-environment/601547482
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🌽🚗 Growing corn year after year in the Midwest has a heavy climate cost. The Renewable Fuel Standard links increased corn farming to more pollution and emissions. We must rethink our land use for a sustainable future!
#Ethanol
#KingCorn
#ClimateAction
#Farming
#WaterCrisis
#RuralCommunities
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Corn’s clean-energy promise is clashing with its climate footprint
Corn dominates U.S. farmland and fuels the ethanol industry. But the fertilizer it relies on drives emissions and fouls drinking water.
https://floodlightnews.org/corn-ethanol-clean-energy-vs-climate-costs/
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As the longest night of the year marks the beginning of winter, we're tuning into the natural rhythms that shape our lives. (And looking forward to winter’s snowy return to Minnesota!) ❄️ The solstice offers a moment to pause and celebrate renewal, both for ourselves and the earth.🌲✨
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🌙✨ Winter Solstice is right around the corner! ✨☀️ Sunday will mark the shortest day and longest night. Celebrate by lighting a candle or bonfire🪵, and send your wishes to the winter sky! 🌌🔥
#WinterSolstice
#LongestNight
#NatureInWinter
#SolsticeVibes
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⚡🚨 Minnesotans united with CURE,
Sierra Club MN North Star Chapter
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Private Equity Stakeholder Project
to discuss private equity's impact on essential services. 🎥 Watch to learn how we can reclaim our power! 💪
https://youtu.be/S_3EyTUzFcg
#MNPower
#TakeBackOurPower
#CUREmn
7 days ago
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🪵A Hole of a Home🪵 Tree cavities provide vital winter shelter for wildlife. Pileated woodpeckers create holes that squirrels and chipmunks call home. 🛏️🐿️🥜 Don't cut that dead tree–it’s likely someone is at home!
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🌾⚡️ This is about rural resilience! When federal laws and utility incentives hinder sustainability, it impacts us all. Minnesotans need policies that let farmers invest in clean energy and strengthen the grid. Affordability affects everything, from farming costs to home heating & grocery bills.
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Two Minnesota farmers say policy changes work against on-farm energy systems
Renewable energy systems can help reduce energy costs, but policy decisions are reducing the potential benefits, say two west central Minnesota farmers
https://www.wctrib.com/news/local/two-minnesota-farmers-say-policy-changes-work-against-on-farm-energy-systems
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🔎💻 CURE is working to unveil MN data center development secrecy by using tools like Data Practices Act requests. Minnesotans deserve an informed voice! Read more about NDAs in MN Data Center development.
#DataCenters
#Transparency
#PeopleOverProfits
#OpenGovernment
#Accountability
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How Minnesota officials support data center secrecy
Governments are signing non-disclosure agreements and concealing basic information about potential data centers.
https://www.startribune.com/ndas-code-names-and-shell-companies-how-minnesota-officials-support-data-center-secrecy/601499182
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Water quality is at risk! The Trump admin is redefining protected waters, excluding vital wetlands that aren't connected to flowing navigable waters. Wetlands are natural sponges that clean our rivers, provide habitat, ensure clean drinking water & act as valuable carbon sinks.
#ProtectOurWetlands💧
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Trump’s EPA wants to narrow the scope of federal water protections. What does that mean in Minnesota?
Environmental advocates say the proposal could lead to increased pollution and destruction of wetlands that provide valuable benefits, including flood protection and wildlife habitat.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/12/proposed-federal-water-protection-changes-minnesota
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On Sunday we welcome winter. 🌬️❄️🌨️ How do you celebrate the Winter Solstice?
#wintersolstice
#welcomewinter
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🚜🌾 CURE’s Erik Hatlestad & Jim Falk were part of an MN Dept of Commerce discussion on how rising energy-related input costs are impacting rural MN. 🌱💡 #RuralVoices #Farmers #EnergyCosts #LIHEAP #SNAP
https://www.youtube.com/live/Bz7PvTSnw2c?si=F4VElv6g-YQDojCU
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Fueling our Farms: How Federal Policies are Raising Energy Costs in Rural Minnesota
The Minnesota Department of Commerce and Falk’s Seed Farms are hosting a roundtable discussion on how rising energy-related input costs are affecting farmers...
https://www.youtube.com/live/Bz7PvTSnw2c?si=F4VElv6g-YQDojCU
10 days ago
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🎉 As 2025 ends, let’s reflect on CURE’s wins: we stood against the Minnesota Power takeover, defended the Carbon Free Energy Law, and protected our lands. Thank you for being part of this journey! 🙌 Read more:
https://curemn.org/blog/work-wins-2025/
#CUREmn
#2025
#PeopleNotPolluters
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CURE Work + Wins 2025 ⋆ CURE
Defending the carbon-free standard at the Public Utilities Commission and in the Legislature For the second year in a row, CURE has worked in coalition with environmental justice, environmental advocacy, climate activist, health professional, faith based, and zero waste organizations to defend Minnesota’s 100% Carbon Free Energy Law passed in law in 2023. We’ve created […]
https://curemn.org/blog/work-wins-2025/
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Join us Wed, Dec 17 @ 5:30 pm CST for "Private Equity Take Over of MN Power: What Happened & What Can We Do Now?" ⚡️ Learn the facts, impacts, and how to take action! 👉 Let's discuss northern MN's energy future. Register here:
bit.ly/mn-power-webinar
#TakeBackOurPower
#CUREmn
#MNPower
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ICYMI: A ND judge ruled a law on underground CO2 storage unconstitutional, raising uncertainty for carbon capture projects like the one proposed by Summit Carbon Solutions. 🌱⚖️ We must ensure our energy future serves affected communities.
#NorthDakota
#CarbonCapture
#SummitPipeline
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North Dakota judge rules in favor of landowners, finds law unconstitutional • North Dakota Monitor
A district court judge on Tuesday sided with a landowner group and found a North Dakota law related to underground storage of carbon dioxide to be unconstitutional. The ruling from Northeast Judicial District Judge Anthony Swain Benson could have implications for the controversial Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline project, which has a carbon dioxide storage permit […]
https://northdakotamonitor.com/2025/12/02/north-dakota-judge-rules-in-favor-of-landowners-finds-law-unconstitutional/
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Are you 73+ with an IRA? Direct your Required Minimum Distribution to CURE with a QCD! 🌎💚 Connect with Maureen Laughlin today! 🙌
https://curemn.org/who-we-are/contact/
#CUREmn
#CharitableGiving
#IRA
#QCD
#ProtectMinnesota
#GiveBack
#RetirementImpact
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🔎 Got questions about Minnesota’s Data Center transparency? Watch our webinar with CURE’s policy & legal team, & Don Gemberling! 👀
https://youtu.be/X_D4LmAslHk
#Transparency
#DPA
#OpenGovernment
#PublicRecords
#CUREmn
#RightToKnow
#Minnesota
#Accountability
#DataCenters
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In Willmar, MN, Somali immigrants boost the economy by running businesses & staffing key industries. 📍This is rural solidarity! 🔗
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-small-minnesota-town-defends-somali-residents-as-critical-to-the-economy/ar-AA1RRcD9
#WillmarMN
#ImmigrantsWelcome
#InclusiveEconomy
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Do you have: 🧠 Knowledge of Minnesota's natural resources? 🌱 Conservation experience? 📖 Background in science or policy? Join the Legislative-Citizen Commission on MN Resources! Apply now to shape our environment! 📢 Your voice matters! Apply:
https://www.lccmr.mn.gov/about/members/vacancy.html
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How many data center webinars in one day are too many data center webinars? Let’s find out! Join us tonight at 6:30pm to learn about “Data Centers: Transparency” as we kick off CURE’s Data Center webinar series. Register here:
https://bit.ly/DataCenterTransparency
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Leaving leaves, grasses, and flower stalks uncut attracts wildlife this winter. 🍂🐿️ Data center developers are drawn to MN’s cold climate for cost savings. Want to learn more? Join CURE’s ‘Data Centers: Transparency’ webinar TONIGHT at 6:30 pm! More info on the CURE website Events section.
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With dropping temperatures come fresh snow falls that make it possible to see what winter animals have been in your yard. 🌡️❄️ Can you name the animal that left the track? Answers will be posted this afternoon. 🐾
#WinterWildlife
#AnimalTracks
#SnowTracks
#NatureLovers
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⚡️ BlackRock is taking over Minnesota Power! 👉 Join CURE, Sierra Club & Private Equity Stakeholder Project on Wed, Dec 17th at 5:30pm for a public forum. Learn how to take action! Register here:
bit.ly/mn-power-webinar
#EnergyJustice
#TakeBackOurPower
#CUREmn
#MNpower
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Join us Wed, Dec 10th, 6:30 PM for the webinar “Data Centers: Transparency” 🔎 Learn how the Data Practices Act protects your info! #DataCenters #Transparency #DPA #NDA #CUREMN Register now:
https://bit.ly/DataCenterTransparency
18 days ago
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LIHEAP funds are back, but it's just a Band-Aid as heating bills rise. No one should be cold at home. Utilities and officials must do more!
#LIHEAP
#EnergyPoverty
#CleanHeat
#GovWalz
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As Winter Approaches, Rural Americans Struggle to Afford Heat | The Daily Yonder
Each year, an estimated 80 million U.S. utility customers have trouble affording their monthly heat and electricity bills. Now, as the cost of energy
https://dailyyonder.com/as-winter-approaches-rural-americans-struggle-to-afford-heat/2025/12/01/
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❓Are you a 'turn-up-the-heat' or a 'layer-up' person? 🌡️🧥 As temps drop, Minnesota wildlife, like white-tailed deer, stay cozy with hollow fur that traps heat. How do you stay warm? Tell us below! 🍵 📸: David Restivo, NPS
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🔎 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
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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...
https://bit.ly/DataCenterTransparency
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🚶❄️💧 Want safer walkways & cleaner water in Minnesota? Discover Low Salt Design—innovative ways to cut salt use while reducing winter slips and falls! Join the MPCA webinar for advice and new guidance. 🌱🧊 📅 Dec 8 | 1–2:15PM | Online >> Register today!
#LowSaltDesign
#Winter
#WaterIsLife
#CleanWater
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https://events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/b0081111-8419-4d12-ba81-456b5360a40e@eb14b046-24c4-4519-8f26-b89c2159828cMinnesota
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⚠️ Some rural MN sheriffs have agreements with ICE. But locals, with the help of the Immigrant Defense Network, are pushing back, and meeting with sheriffs to resist.
#CommunityPower
#ICE
#287g
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Some rural Minnesota sheriffs hesitant to partner with ICE — for now
Immigrant rights groups are trying to convince sheriffs in greater Minnesota it is a waste of their limited resources and will lead to community distrust.
https://www.startribune.com/rural-community-groups-dont-want-sheriffs-partnering-ice/601489810
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🚨Nitrogen Fertilizer Application Restriction Reminder🛑 Remember - Minnesota has restrictions on applying nitrogen fertilizer in vulnerable groundwater areas, including no application after the ground freezes. Farmers, check today to see if you are located in one of these areas! ✅🌱💧
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🌟 This giving season, support CURE in building healthy rural communities! 💚 Donate today to help us fight for clean energy and rural voices. Together, we can create a stronger future for all Minnesotans! 🌳💧🏘️ #GivingTuesday #CUREmn
https://curemn.org/donate
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Donate ⋆ CURE
CURE is powered by the support of people like you. Be a CURE Donor to protect what you love most about Minnesota’s communities, land, and water, and champion an energy transformation that prioritizes the needs of all people—now and for future generations. Invest in Our Work Monthly Giving FAQ For your convenience, we have put […]
https://curemn.org/donate
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🚗⚡ MN is charging ahead! Schools are training the next generation of EV mechanics, powering a cleaner future and creating high-demand careers. 🌱🔧
#EVs
#CleanEnergyJobs
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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.
https://www.minnpost.com/greater-minnesota/2025/11/charging-up-as-more-electric-vehicles-hit-the-road-in-minnesota-more-schools-are-training-the-mechanics-needed-to-work-on-them/
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NEW STUDY: More than 14% of people in the contiguous United States reside within a mile of at least one piece of #FossilFuel infrastructure. Authors:
Jonathan Buonocore
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Mary D. Willis
Boston University
https://www.bu.edu/igs/2025/11/17/fossil-fuel-health-hazards/
#FossilFuel
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Nearly 47 Million Americans Are at High Risk of Potential Health Hazards from Fossil Fuel Infrastructure | Institute for Global Sustainability
By Alison Gold Fossil fuels release pollutants into the air when extracted and burned, but there’s more to their production than massive oil rigs diving deep into the Earth and smoky power plants. Those processes are examples of only the first and last—and generally most visible—moments in a fossil…
https://www.bu.edu/igs/2025/11/17/fossil-fuel-health-hazards/
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🛍️Shop Small, Grow Green 🌎 Support local businesses this Small Business Saturday! Tag your favorites below! 🌿🎁 Pictured: Hannah Anema & Misty Redsky at Lower Sioux Veterans Day Wacipi (Pow Wow).
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In Appleton, MN, the Prairie Correction Facility may re-open for immigrant detention. This may brings jobs, but is the fear it instills worth it? Ultimately, this isn’t just an Appleton issue; it’s a Minnesota issue, and we can’t look away. 💔🌎
#ICE
#NoPrivatePrisons
#MNValues
#PeopleNotProfits
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Appleton residents weigh value of potential ICE detention center
Appleton’s private prison, once the town's biggest employer, has sat unused for 15 years. The Trump administration might have plans for it.
https://www.minnpost.com/greater-minnesota/2025/11/for-some-in-this-western-minnesota-city-an-ice-detention-center-would-bring-economic-promise-and-moral-compromise/
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🎉 Free Park Day Alert! 🌲 This Fri, Nov 28, enjoy FREE entrance at all Minnesota State Parks! Tag your trail buddy and make nature your holiday tradition! 🥾🍂 #FreeParkDay #OptOutsideMN 📍 Find your park:
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/free-entrance-days-minnesota-state-parks.html
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📝 Just dropped: CURE’s Monthly Dispatch! This month: ❄️⚡ Keep MN Families Safe & Warm 🏢💧 Data Centers: 800 MW Gorilla 🛢🚫️ Advancing Fossil Fuel Resistance. Stay informed & engaged. 👉 Read the full edition:
https://curemn.org/blog/keep-mn-families-warm/
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❄️ Minnesota’s first winter storm is here yet Minnesotans are still waiting for basic heating assistance. Families can’t keep waiting while snow is falling!⏳ 📢 Ask Gov. Walz TODAY to protect our communities this winter. Then ask him again tomorrow.🧣🔥
#KeepTheHeatOn
#LIHEAP
#GovWalz
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Gov. Walz: Protect Minnesota Families from LIHEAP Suspension ⋆ CURE
Winter is setting in across Minnesota. At the same time, thousands of Minnesotans are at risk of not being able to afford to keep the heat on because the federal government shutdown has halted funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). A CURE-led coalition of 18 organizations from around Minnesota, have sent […]
https://curemn.org/blog/gov-walz-protect-minnesota-families-from-liheap-suspension/
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"For Minnesota, privatizing vast swaths of national forests would have huge consequences... 62,000 [acres] are inventoried roadless areas" 🌲⚠️
https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2025/11/roadless-rule-privatizing-vast-areas-of-natural-forest-would-be-devastating/
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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.
https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2025/11/roadless-rule-privatizing-vast-areas-of-natural-forest-would-be-devastating/
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It's soup season... Enjoy seasonal foods like crab apples, hazelnuts, and wild greens! 🫐🥬🍲🍵 Go for a walk and see what you can harvest this season. 🍽️🌱
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🍁🧡 What are you grateful for? 🧡🍁
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Recently, CURE’s Sarah Mooradian spoke on Data Centers & Water Use, urging community involvement and sustainable policies. 🌱💧 #DataCenters #WaterIsLife #MNWomensPress #CUREmn
https://www.womenspress.com/november-13-forum-data-centers-and-water-use/
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Forum Summary: Data Centers and Water Use
A November 13 forum Minnesota Women's Press is moderating will be focused on the impact of data centers on Minnesota water.
https://www.womenspress.com/november-13-forum-data-centers-and-water-use/
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Community members opposed the massive data center in #Hermantown, raising concerns over noise, environment, and property values. #DataCenter #CommunityVoices #Transparency
https://www.northernnewsnow.com/2025/11/21/stop-hermantown-data-center-group-shares-concerns-utility-commission-meeting/
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‘Stop the Hermantown Data Center’ group shares concerns at utility commission meeting
An anonymous Fortune 50 company wants to build a massive data center in the area of Morris Thomas Road and Midway Road.
https://www.northernnewsnow.com/2025/11/21/stop-hermantown-data-center-group-shares-concerns-utility-commission-meeting/
about 1 month ago
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“There is no excuse for people to suffer or even freeze to death in a wealthy nation like ours. Minnesota can’t avoid being cold, but we must never be heartless.” ❄️❤️ #LIHEAP #GovWalz #EnergyBurden
https://www.startribune.com/rural-minnesota-low-income-energy-aid-heating/601524408
#LIHEAP
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The EPA's proposal undermines our water and communities. Gutting wetland protections risks rural folks and our drinking water. 🌿💧🏠
#WaterIsLife
#EPA
#PeopleNotPolluters
#AgencyAccountability
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EPA moves to limit scope of clean water law to reduce amount of wetlands it covers
The Environmental Protection Agency says it is redefining the scope of the nation’s bedrock clean water law to limit the amount of wetlands it covers.
https://apnews.com/article/epa-clean-water-act-wetlands-protection-farmers-0b2447e3bfd86f4766d4ef74edcd6dbd
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🌟 It's not too late to donate to CURE for Give to the Max Day! Your gift helps us reach our $25,000 goal for Minnesota’s land, water, and communities. Join us today! 💚 #GTMD25 #CUREmn
https://www.givemn.org/organization/Cure-Mn
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Support CURE on GiveMN
Give today to defend our lands, waters, and the dignity of our neighbors.
https://www.givemn.org/organization/Cure-Mn
about 1 month ago
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🎉🥳 Happy 85th Birthday to CURE’s longtime office manager, Dixie Tilden! 🎂💐 Even though Dixie retired in 2020 after 20 years of dedicated service, she is still with us in spirit. Please join us in celebrating & send her a cheerful “hello” and help make her birthday unforgettable! 💌✨
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Fires are vital for healthy ecosystems and biodiversity. While wildfires spark naturally🌩️, land managers also now conduct prescribed burns👩🏽🚒. 🔥🌱 Sometimes, humans need to aid nature in restoring landscapes and waters. 💚🌏
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🚐 Exciting news! goMARTI is adding 70+ new free, on-demand pick-up spots in northern Minnesota for healthcare, groceries, and schools. All vehicles are wheelchair accessible!
#RuralInnovation
#Transit
#CleanTransportation
#goMARTI
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On-demand transportation service links Grand Rapids to rural and tribal communities
Minnesota's Advanced Rural Transit Innovations, or goMARTI, has expanded its free, on-demand transportation service that links Grand Rapids to rural and tribal communities along Highway 2 in northern Minnesota.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/10/23/gomarti-transportation-service-grand-rapids-rural-tribal-communities
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💥 It's Give to the Max Month! 💥 Help CURE protect rural communities, land, and water. Your donation fuels our fight against shady deals and federal funding cuts! 💚 #GTMD25 #CUREmn
https://www.givemn.org/organization/Cure-Mn
about 1 month ago
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"I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things." ~Mother Teresa
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