Minnesota Republicans no-show for environmental debate. All of them.

The following article by Jacob Steinberg was posted on the City Pages website January 30,2018:


This scene, from a hiking trail in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), was probably not on the agenda at the College Republicans’ fundraiser. Credit: Elizabeth Flores, Star Tribune

A dozen of Minnesota’s candidates for governor were invited to present their plans to address the state’s pressing environmental issues at last week’s “Our New Environment” Minnesota Governors Forum.

DFL candidates, among them DFL U.S. Rep. Tim Walz, State Auditor Rebecca Otto, and former Minnesota House Speaker Paul Thissen convened at Hamline University on Jan. 24 to debate water quality, renewable energy, the controversial Enbridge Line 3 replacement, and the PolyMet copper-nickel mine. Continue reading “Minnesota Republicans no-show for environmental debate. All of them.”