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2026 Legislative Priorities: Minnesota

2026 Legislative Priorities in Minnesota

February 18, 2026 | By Morgan Schafer
Building off of our work from previous sessions, hearing what’s important to our members, and strategizing up with our partners and coalitions, we have laid out four main priorities this session: PFAS Defense, Data Centers, Plastics, and E-Waste.
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Clean Water Voters Made the Difference in Minnesota

November 12, 2018 | By Jenna Grove
Voters went to the polls in record numbers in the 2018 mid-term elections. According to a preliminary estimate from the Secretary of State's office, nearly 2.6 million Minnesotans voted in-person on Tuesday or by absentee ballot, giving the state its highest voter turnout for a non-presidential election since 2002. People were eager to make their voices heard – and they did.
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Breaking down the Forever Chemicals –What are PFAS?

August 2, 2018 | By Tom Johnson
We are beginning to understand the wide range of possible health effects from these chemicals, which include several types of cancer, elevated cholesterol, and changes to liver function. Only a few types of PFAS have been thoroughly studied, and the class contains potentially thousands of different iterations.
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Mid-Session Defense Update

April 24, 2018 | By Deanna White
We are halfway through the Minnesota 2018 legislative session and it’s been made clear that some of our lawmakers are not willing to put our environment and public health first. They are placing policies that ignore science and weaken protections for our land, air, and water before people. Even
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Protecting Groundwater to Protect Public Health

April 17, 2018 | By Steve Schultz
Clean water and public health are top priorities for us over at Clean Water Action which is why we are at the frontlines fighting for these issues in our State Capitol. We believe that access to clean, healthy and safe drinking water is the basis of health and wellbeing for everyone. For us, it all
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Earth Day Cleanup 2018

March 28, 2018 | By Deanna White
The days are getting longer, the birds are beginning to chirp, and the weather is warming up which means Earth Day is right around the corner. This year, Clean Water Action is celebrating Earth Day by partnering with our friends at the Minneapolis Parks Board for a cleanup day at Bassett Creek Park
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