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2008

April 22, 2008   -   Minneapolis Saint Paul Positioned Well for Green Manufacturing
April 10, 2008   -   Five Things You Can Do to Help Curb Global Warming
March 26, 2008   -   Sierra Club Report Highlights Energy Leaders, Polluters for 2008 Elections
February 25, 2008   -   Sierra Club Applauds Bi-partisan Transit Victory

2007

November 26, 2007   -   Twin Cities Can Create Thousands of New "Green Collar" Manufacturing Jobs in Renewable Energy Sector
October 8, 2007   -   Environmental quality is prime economic driver for northern Minnesota
June 29, 2007   -   Echo Trail Timber Sale includes areas the Club seeks to add to the BWCAW
June 5, 2007   -   Sierra Club Moves to Preserve St. Croix Riverway
May 29, 2007   -   Citizens to Enforce Clean Air Act to Protect Public Health in Silver Bay Area
May 4, 2007   -   Forest Service Denies Appeal by Conservationists
March 30, 2007   -   Federal court overturn's Bush's forest management policy
February 28, 2007   -   Blue Green Alliance applauds Governor's and Legislature's first step against global warming

2006

November 28, 2006   -   Sierra Club Asks PolyMet Mining to Correct Public Statements
November 20, 2006   -   Sierra Club: Big Stone Coal Plant is Violating the Clean Air Act - Announces Legal Action Against Plants Owners
November 7, 2006   -   New Environmental Majority Elected to Minnesota Legislature
August 15, 2006   -   Sierra Club goes to court to improve the Superior National Forest Plan
March 20, 2006   -   Sierra Club Calls on Minnesota to Start Accounting for True Loss of Wetlands
February 9, 2006   -   DNR Finalizes Plan to Log National Forest Roadless Areas — Minnesotans stand to lose a third of state's potential wilderness

2005

December 21, 2005   -   Senator Coleman Breaks Promise on Oil Drilling — Votes to Permit Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
December 6, 2005   -   To save 25 Snowmobilers five minutes the Forest Service proposes a motorized trail seen and heard from the BWCA Wilderness in Cook County, Minnesota
November 9, 2005   -   Environment Wins in Minneapolis
September 8, 2005   -   Public Urges Decision Makers to Restore Public Trust and Reduce Mercury Pollution
August 15, 2005   -   White House rejects protections for Superior National Forest
July 6, 2005   -   PolyMet — It ain't your father's taconite mine
June 13, 2005   -   Iron Works Gets Failing Grade from Mining without Harm Campaign
May 26, 2005   -   State Attorneys General Fight to Protect Public Health from Harmful Mercury
April 23, 2005   -   Earth Day 2005: Mercury in Minnesota's Waters
March 30, 2005   -   Enormous Timber Sale Threatens Boundary Waters and Roadless Areas
March 29, 2005   -   Sierra Club Announces Early Endorsements for Minneapolis Mayor and 5 City Council Wards
March 16, 2005   -   Senate Takes First Step Toward Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
March 8, 2005   -   Citizens and Sierra Club Celebrate Tire Burner Victory
January 31, 2005   -   Court Rules Bush Administration's Efforts to Undermine Wolf Conservation Unlawful
January 17, 2005   -   Court Halts Bush Administration Logging Project in Minnesota

2004

November 29, 2004   -   Superior National Forest Deserves Better Protection
August 9, 2004   -   Final Plans for Minnesota Forests Released
July 12, 2004   -   New Sierra Club "Communities at Risk" Report Brings Home the Impact of the Bush Administrations Environmental Policies
June 5, 2004   -   Minnesotans March Backwards to Tell Bush Administration: "You're Headed in the Wrong Direction"
February 23, 2004   -   Imperiled Chanhassen Open Space Highlights Sierra Club's New Green Guide
February 20, 2004   -   Minnesotans Confront Bush Administration's Weak Mercury Standard
February 19, 2004   -   Conservation Groups Challenge Bush Administration Logging
January 12, 2004   -   Study Finds Inconsistencies In Minnesota Environmental Review Practices

2003

August 27, 2003   -   Groups Urge U.S. Forest Service to "Do Better"
June 30, 2003   -   Sierra Club Proposes Riverway Development Plan