Public Need! Not Big Oil Greed! 🛢️
CURE is working with MN allies to improve laws around big oil pipelines in our state. This bill (HF 4377/SF 4554) would add needed clarity to our existing policies so that any company seeking a Certificate of Need in Minnesota for an oil pipeline would provide a forecast of demand from “ultimate consumers” in the state and region, focusing our infrastructure decisions on real-world need, not oil company greed. CURE’s Andy Pearson testified at the House Energy Committee hearing on March 24. 📢 TAKE ACTION to support the bill!
Demand Data Center Action. Even Robots Need Rules 🤖
With less than two months left in session, MN lawmakers must act on data center bills that protect communities, natural resources, and public decision‑making. CURE’s Sarah Mooradian has been testifying to move the good & block the bad. 🎥 WATCH: CURE’s Data Center Webinars. 📍 LEARN + ACT: DataCentersMN.org
Too Fast Too Furious: Unregulated Public Ag Drainage Systems 💧
📷: Rob Levine
In late February, CURE, and five other environmental organizations, led by the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, sued the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, asking it to regulate public agricultural drainage systems using common-sense, proven best practices. Rural communities are paying the price of unregulated public ag drainage systems through higher drinking water costs to address unsafe nitrate levels, erosion along ravines and rivers, and costly infrastructure repairs due to more frequent and severe flooding. Read more HERE.
