Sacred Action Blog
A Real Reason for Hope
There was a time when this vision to end fossil fuel use felt aspirational.
Today, this vision isn’t aspirational. It is inevitable.
Read MoreConversations with MNIPL’s Resilience Hub Participants: A Research Project by Anya Stupar
Last summer, I completed a community-based participatory action research project on the topic of Resilience Hubs (a full description of the project and its findings can be found here). As…
Read MoreYouth N’ Power Young People Attend 2025 Climate Week
Analyah, Makayla, and two Youth N’Power Network members Laila and Manny attended Climate Week in New York City this past week. Youth N’Power Network’s Analyah Schlaeger dos Santos, who also…
Read MoreMNIPL Helps Organize Second US Climate Reparations Camp
From August 4 – 7, 2025, 25 young adults from across the U.S. gathered just outside of New Orleans, LA for the Climate Reparations Camp, co-sponsored by ActionAid USA, Justice…
Read MoreDetails on The “One Big Brutal Bill”
Here is our briefing on the current proposals to end the IRA tax credits within the congressional reconciliation bill process. Background As we move into the heart of the first…
Read MoreAn Update on Environmental Omnibus Finance Bills
The legislative work that MNIPL does in partnerships with our allies is essential to ensuring critical environmental protections. This year we are focusing our work on two fronts: making sure our…
Read MoreConnecting Across Cultural Divides Through Mutual Respect
Last Thursday, April 10, a Senate hearing on an environmental bill became the unlikely setting for what was called a culture clash. When Indigenous leaders asked the committee to protect…
Read MoreMN Senate Energy and House Transportation omnibus bills roll back climate victories for industry
Please Call your legislators, ask them to vote no on these bills! Energy Rollbacks Minnesota’s Senate Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate Committee passed a budget and policy omnibus bill on…
Read MoreRecommendations for Direct Pay for IRA Projects
At the time of writing, the federal tax credits continue to be alive one month into this new administration, but I won’t say “…and well”. That’s because it’s clear all…
Read MoreContext for Hydroelectric Energy Law in Minnesota
When the Minnesota Legislature passed and the Governor signed the 100% Clean Electricity Law in 2023, it did several things: As part of this bill, hydroelectric was expanded to include…
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