UN Climate Report Has Dire News – But There’s Still Hope
The latest UN Climate Report says the world has failed / will fail to keep global temperature rise at the 1.5 degree Celsius check we’ve been aiming for. The report urges immediate action to phase out fossil fuels and protect and grow climate allies like forests, oceans and natural carbon sinks or face climate catastrophe…
Reflections on the 2026 Legislative Session
The 2025-2026 biennium came to a close with the anticipated last-minute bonding bill and some accomplishments but sparse activity in the climate and energy space. The MN Senate passed an Energy Omnibus bill that included the plug-in solar bill. Unfortunately, the Energy omnibus was one of those that did not make it to the finish…
Jim Bear Jacobs Brings Healing Minnesota Stories to MNIPL
One of the greatest joys of my work at MNIPL has been in building deep, cooperative relationships between people who care about building a climate of justice for all beings on this Earth. Our commitment to climate justice requires us to not just end our reliance on systems of extraction and greed, but also build…
More than 500 People Attend Eco Fair on Summit
On Saturday, May 16 more than 500 people dropped by the Eco Fair on Summit, the largest Eco Fair in the region besides the State Fair. From electric vehicle and e-bike test drives to tours of electric fire trucks and buses, folks of all ages got to experience the reality of our electric future. There were also resources from…
Concerned about Hyperscale Data Centers? This is the moment.
Hyperscale data centers are costing the states where they are built. How much?Well, which item on the buffet-of-concerns are we looking at? How about state revenue loss impact → Georgia estimates it will lose $2.5 billion from state data center tax breaks in 2026 alone. “That’s 664% higher than state’s previous estimate of $327 million,…
Climate Justice Work Requires Interdependence
The violence and mounting crisis to our democracy is causing untold harm to our immigrant neighbors, to our neighbors who are being profiled because of the color of their skin, the sounds of their voice, or the neighborhoods they live in, and to all of us. We feel the fear and urgency to protect our…
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.
Conversations 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 a university student, I was given the opportunity to spend the summer with MNIPL learning about climate justice organizing work, all the while conducting research…
Youth 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 serves as the co-lead for the national ShiftUS campaign, our global climate justice coordinator, organizer of the national climate reparations camp and much more supported…
MNIPL 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 Is Global, Youth N’ Power, and the National Partnership for New Americans. One main organizer of the camp was our very own Analyah. This fully-funded…