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❄️💨 It is always good to have a healthy respect for Mother Nature, especially in Minnesota, especially in the winter when howling winds, snow, and ice can snuff out the insulating illusions of modern comforts and convenience whenever she wants.
#Winter #MNWeather #WindChill #Blizzard #MotherNature
#Winter #MNWeather #WindChill #Blizzard #MotherNature
Tolkkinen: You gotta respect western Minnesota snowstorms
Tuesday’s blizzard sent semitrucks and other vehicles into ditches and into each other.
www.startribune.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM
❄️💨 It is always good to have a healthy respect for Mother Nature, especially in Minnesota, especially in the winter when howling winds, snow, and ice can snuff out the insulating illusions of modern comforts and convenience whenever she wants.
#Winter #MNWeather #WindChill #Blizzard #MotherNature
#Winter #MNWeather #WindChill #Blizzard #MotherNature
💫Happy New Year! 💫
How are you starting 2026?
✔️Grounding yourself by going for walk🚶🏽♀️,
✔️ Filling a bird feeder and identifying 2 kinds of birds that visit 🐦 or
✔️ Going outside and basking in the sunlight of the new year 🌞.
How are you starting 2026?
✔️Grounding yourself by going for walk🚶🏽♀️,
✔️ Filling a bird feeder and identifying 2 kinds of birds that visit 🐦 or
✔️ Going outside and basking in the sunlight of the new year 🌞.
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
💫Happy New Year! 💫
How are you starting 2026?
✔️Grounding yourself by going for walk🚶🏽♀️,
✔️ Filling a bird feeder and identifying 2 kinds of birds that visit 🐦 or
✔️ Going outside and basking in the sunlight of the new year 🌞.
How are you starting 2026?
✔️Grounding yourself by going for walk🚶🏽♀️,
✔️ Filling a bird feeder and identifying 2 kinds of birds that visit 🐦 or
✔️ Going outside and basking in the sunlight of the new year 🌞.
⚡ Worried about hyperscale data centers’ energy impact? Join CURE, CUB, and Rewiring America on Jan 7th, 6:30 PM for insights!
Register now: https://bit.ly/DataCentersEnergy
#DataCenters #Energy #CUREmn
Register now: https://bit.ly/DataCentersEnergy
#DataCenters #Energy #CUREmn
December 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
⚡ Worried about hyperscale data centers’ energy impact? Join CURE, CUB, and Rewiring America on Jan 7th, 6:30 PM for insights!
Register now: https://bit.ly/DataCentersEnergy
#DataCenters #Energy #CUREmn
Register now: https://bit.ly/DataCentersEnergy
#DataCenters #Energy #CUREmn
Jamestown's Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center avoided major job cuts—vital for ND and MN habitats. 🌱🌎 "In ecology, everything is connected," says a scientist. 🦆🌾 #EverythingIsConnected #USGS #Ecology #ScienceMatters #RuralVoices
December 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Jamestown's Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center avoided major job cuts—vital for ND and MN habitats. 🌱🌎 "In ecology, everything is connected," says a scientist. 🦆🌾 #EverythingIsConnected #USGS #Ecology #ScienceMatters #RuralVoices
📝 New Field Notes — CURE’s Monthly Dispatch!
Highlights:
🏢 Data Centers Webinars
⚡ MN Power Takeover
🤍 Supporting Rural Immigrants
🎉 Work continues into 2026!
👉 Read the full December edition: https://curemn.org/blog/in-the-know/
Highlights:
🏢 Data Centers Webinars
⚡ MN Power Takeover
🤍 Supporting Rural Immigrants
🎉 Work continues into 2026!
👉 Read the full December edition: https://curemn.org/blog/in-the-know/
In the Know 🏢 + What Now? ⚡+ What can you do? 🤍 + It’s a Wrap ⋆ CURE
Be in the Know: Data Centers Webinar Series Hyperscale data centers are a major concern for Minnesotans. CURE’s Data Center webinar series will help you get up to speed on key issues, including Nondisclosure Agreements (NDAs), energy, water, environmental review, community benefit agreements, and more, so you can speak up for yourself and your neighbors. […]
curemn.org
December 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
📝 New Field Notes — CURE’s Monthly Dispatch!
Highlights:
🏢 Data Centers Webinars
⚡ MN Power Takeover
🤍 Supporting Rural Immigrants
🎉 Work continues into 2026!
👉 Read the full December edition: https://curemn.org/blog/in-the-know/
Highlights:
🏢 Data Centers Webinars
⚡ MN Power Takeover
🤍 Supporting Rural Immigrants
🎉 Work continues into 2026!
👉 Read the full December edition: https://curemn.org/blog/in-the-know/
📝 We’re asking the MN Legislature to hold our state agencies accountable to the people of MN. Why? There are too many instances of our state agencies failing to enforce laws that protect Minnesota people, lands, and water. 📹 Learn more on CURE’s YouTube.
#IndustryCapture #PeopleNotPolluters
#IndustryCapture #PeopleNotPolluters
December 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
📝 We’re asking the MN Legislature to hold our state agencies accountable to the people of MN. Why? There are too many instances of our state agencies failing to enforce laws that protect Minnesota people, lands, and water. 📹 Learn more on CURE’s YouTube.
#IndustryCapture #PeopleNotPolluters
#IndustryCapture #PeopleNotPolluters
🤔🌲 OLA? DNR? WMA? Let CURE clarify the alphabet soup of MN agencies! One watchdog is urging action on timber harvest priorities over wildlife habitat. Tune in for accountability! #Transparency #WildlifeHabitat #Accountability #DNR #PublicLands
December 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🤔🌲 OLA? DNR? WMA? Let CURE clarify the alphabet soup of MN agencies! One watchdog is urging action on timber harvest priorities over wildlife habitat. Tune in for accountability! #Transparency #WildlifeHabitat #Accountability #DNR #PublicLands
✨ You help us create change! ✨ Please donate to CURE to build momentum. Together, we make real change. Thank you!
https://curemn.org/get-involved/donate/
#CUREmn #Donate #RuralVoices #GiveToday
https://curemn.org/get-involved/donate/
#CUREmn #Donate #RuralVoices #GiveToday
December 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
✨ You help us create change! ✨ Please donate to CURE to build momentum. Together, we make real change. Thank you!
https://curemn.org/get-involved/donate/
#CUREmn #Donate #RuralVoices #GiveToday
https://curemn.org/get-involved/donate/
#CUREmn #Donate #RuralVoices #GiveToday
🐦✨ Join the Audubon Christmas Bird Count! Volunteers help track our bird population loss—30% since 1970! Grab your binoculars! 🌲🦉
#ChristmasBirdCount #CitizenScience #GetOutside #BirdsOfMinnesota
#ChristmasBirdCount #CitizenScience #GetOutside #BirdsOfMinnesota
Brown: It’s Christmastime, which means it’s time to count birds
"As millennials enter midlife, many face one of the most insidious hazards of aging: Sudden Onset Birding, or SOB," columnist Aaron Brown writes.
www.startribune.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🐦✨ Join the Audubon Christmas Bird Count! Volunteers help track our bird population loss—30% since 1970! Grab your binoculars! 🌲🦉
#ChristmasBirdCount #CitizenScience #GetOutside #BirdsOfMinnesota
#ChristmasBirdCount #CitizenScience #GetOutside #BirdsOfMinnesota
🌽🚗 Growing corn year after year in the Midwest has a heavy climate cost. The Renewable Fuel Standard links increased corn farming to more pollution and emissions. We must rethink our land use for a sustainable future!
#Ethanol #KingCorn #ClimateAction #Farming #WaterCrisis #RuralCommunities
#Ethanol #KingCorn #ClimateAction #Farming #WaterCrisis #RuralCommunities
Corn’s clean-energy promise is clashing with its climate footprint
Corn dominates U.S. farmland and fuels the ethanol industry. But the fertilizer it relies on drives emissions and fouls drinking water.
floodlightnews.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🌽🚗 Growing corn year after year in the Midwest has a heavy climate cost. The Renewable Fuel Standard links increased corn farming to more pollution and emissions. We must rethink our land use for a sustainable future!
#Ethanol #KingCorn #ClimateAction #Farming #WaterCrisis #RuralCommunities
#Ethanol #KingCorn #ClimateAction #Farming #WaterCrisis #RuralCommunities
As the longest night of the year marks the beginning of winter, we're tuning into the natural rhythms that shape our lives. (And looking forward to winter’s snowy return to Minnesota!) ❄️ The solstice offers a moment to pause and celebrate renewal, both for ourselves and the earth.🌲✨
December 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
As the longest night of the year marks the beginning of winter, we're tuning into the natural rhythms that shape our lives. (And looking forward to winter’s snowy return to Minnesota!) ❄️ The solstice offers a moment to pause and celebrate renewal, both for ourselves and the earth.🌲✨
🌙✨ Winter Solstice is right around the corner! ✨☀️ Sunday will mark the shortest day and longest night. Celebrate by lighting a candle or bonfire🪵, and send your wishes to the winter sky! 🌌🔥 #WinterSolstice #LongestNight #NatureInWinter #SolsticeVibes
December 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
🌙✨ Winter Solstice is right around the corner! ✨☀️ Sunday will mark the shortest day and longest night. Celebrate by lighting a candle or bonfire🪵, and send your wishes to the winter sky! 🌌🔥 #WinterSolstice #LongestNight #NatureInWinter #SolsticeVibes
⚡🚨 Minnesotans united with CURE, Sierra Club MN North Star Chapter and Private Equity Stakeholder Project to discuss private equity's impact on essential services.
🎥 Watch to learn how we can reclaim our power! 💪 https://youtu.be/S_3EyTUzFcg
#MNPower #TakeBackOurPower #CUREmn
🎥 Watch to learn how we can reclaim our power! 💪 https://youtu.be/S_3EyTUzFcg
#MNPower #TakeBackOurPower #CUREmn
December 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
⚡🚨 Minnesotans united with CURE, Sierra Club MN North Star Chapter and Private Equity Stakeholder Project to discuss private equity's impact on essential services.
🎥 Watch to learn how we can reclaim our power! 💪 https://youtu.be/S_3EyTUzFcg
#MNPower #TakeBackOurPower #CUREmn
🎥 Watch to learn how we can reclaim our power! 💪 https://youtu.be/S_3EyTUzFcg
#MNPower #TakeBackOurPower #CUREmn
🪵A Hole of a Home🪵 Tree cavities provide vital winter shelter for wildlife. Pileated woodpeckers create holes that squirrels and chipmunks call home. 🛏️🐿️🥜 Don't cut that dead tree–it’s likely someone is at home!
December 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
🪵A Hole of a Home🪵 Tree cavities provide vital winter shelter for wildlife. Pileated woodpeckers create holes that squirrels and chipmunks call home. 🛏️🐿️🥜 Don't cut that dead tree–it’s likely someone is at home!
🌾⚡️ This is about rural resilience! When federal laws and utility incentives hinder sustainability, it impacts us all. Minnesotans need policies that let farmers invest in clean energy and strengthen the grid. Affordability affects everything, from farming costs to home heating & grocery bills.
Two Minnesota farmers say policy changes work against on-farm energy systems
Renewable energy systems can help reduce energy costs, but policy decisions are reducing the potential benefits, say two west central Minnesota farmers
www.wctrib.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🌾⚡️ This is about rural resilience! When federal laws and utility incentives hinder sustainability, it impacts us all. Minnesotans need policies that let farmers invest in clean energy and strengthen the grid. Affordability affects everything, from farming costs to home heating & grocery bills.
🔎💻 CURE is working to unveil MN data center development secrecy by using tools like Data Practices Act requests. Minnesotans deserve an informed voice! Read more about NDAs in MN Data Center development.
#DataCenters #Transparency #PeopleOverProfits #OpenGovernment #Accountability
#DataCenters #Transparency #PeopleOverProfits #OpenGovernment #Accountability
How Minnesota officials support data center secrecy
Governments are signing non-disclosure agreements and concealing basic information about potential data centers.
www.startribune.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
🔎💻 CURE is working to unveil MN data center development secrecy by using tools like Data Practices Act requests. Minnesotans deserve an informed voice! Read more about NDAs in MN Data Center development.
#DataCenters #Transparency #PeopleOverProfits #OpenGovernment #Accountability
#DataCenters #Transparency #PeopleOverProfits #OpenGovernment #Accountability
Water quality is at risk! The Trump admin is redefining protected waters, excluding vital wetlands that aren't connected to flowing navigable waters. Wetlands are natural sponges that clean our rivers, provide habitat, ensure clean drinking water & act as valuable carbon sinks. #ProtectOurWetlands💧
Trump’s EPA wants to narrow the scope of federal water protections. What does that mean in Minnesota?
Environmental advocates say the proposal could lead to increased pollution and destruction of wetlands that provide valuable benefits, including flood protection and wildlife habitat.
www.mprnews.org
December 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Water quality is at risk! The Trump admin is redefining protected waters, excluding vital wetlands that aren't connected to flowing navigable waters. Wetlands are natural sponges that clean our rivers, provide habitat, ensure clean drinking water & act as valuable carbon sinks. #ProtectOurWetlands💧
On Sunday we welcome winter. 🌬️❄️🌨️
How do you celebrate the Winter Solstice?
#wintersolstice #welcomewinter
How do you celebrate the Winter Solstice?
#wintersolstice #welcomewinter
December 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
On Sunday we welcome winter. 🌬️❄️🌨️
How do you celebrate the Winter Solstice?
#wintersolstice #welcomewinter
How do you celebrate the Winter Solstice?
#wintersolstice #welcomewinter
🚜🌾 CURE’s Erik Hatlestad & Jim Falk were part of an MN Dept of Commerce discussion on how rising energy-related input costs are impacting rural MN. 🌱💡
#RuralVoices #Farmers #EnergyCosts #LIHEAP #SNAP
https://www.youtube.com/live/Bz7PvTSnw2c?si=F4VElv6g-YQDojCU
#RuralVoices #Farmers #EnergyCosts #LIHEAP #SNAP
https://www.youtube.com/live/Bz7PvTSnw2c?si=F4VElv6g-YQDojCU
Fueling our Farms: How Federal Policies are Raising Energy Costs in Rural Minnesota
The Minnesota Department of Commerce and Falk’s Seed Farms are hosting a roundtable discussion on how rising energy-related input costs are affecting farmers...
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December 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🚜🌾 CURE’s Erik Hatlestad & Jim Falk were part of an MN Dept of Commerce discussion on how rising energy-related input costs are impacting rural MN. 🌱💡
#RuralVoices #Farmers #EnergyCosts #LIHEAP #SNAP
https://www.youtube.com/live/Bz7PvTSnw2c?si=F4VElv6g-YQDojCU
#RuralVoices #Farmers #EnergyCosts #LIHEAP #SNAP
https://www.youtube.com/live/Bz7PvTSnw2c?si=F4VElv6g-YQDojCU
🎉 As 2025 ends, let’s reflect on CURE’s wins: we stood against the Minnesota Power takeover, defended the Carbon Free Energy Law, and protected our lands. Thank you for being part of this journey! 🙌
Read more: https://curemn.org/blog/work-wins-2025/
#CUREmn #2025 #PeopleNotPolluters
Read more: https://curemn.org/blog/work-wins-2025/
#CUREmn #2025 #PeopleNotPolluters
CURE Work + Wins 2025 ⋆ CURE
Defending the carbon-free standard at the Public Utilities Commission and in the Legislature For the second year in a row, CURE has worked in coalition with environmental justice, environmental advocacy, climate activist, health professional, faith based, and zero waste organizations to defend Minnesota’s 100% Carbon Free Energy Law passed in law in 2023. We’ve created […]
curemn.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🎉 As 2025 ends, let’s reflect on CURE’s wins: we stood against the Minnesota Power takeover, defended the Carbon Free Energy Law, and protected our lands. Thank you for being part of this journey! 🙌
Read more: https://curemn.org/blog/work-wins-2025/
#CUREmn #2025 #PeopleNotPolluters
Read more: https://curemn.org/blog/work-wins-2025/
#CUREmn #2025 #PeopleNotPolluters
Join us Wed, Dec 17 @ 5:30 pm CST for "Private Equity Take Over of MN Power: What Happened & What Can We Do Now?" ⚡️ Learn the facts, impacts, and how to take action! 👉 Let's discuss northern MN's energy future. Register here: bit.ly/mn-power-webinar
#TakeBackOurPower #CUREmn #MNPower
#TakeBackOurPower #CUREmn #MNPower
December 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Join us Wed, Dec 17 @ 5:30 pm CST for "Private Equity Take Over of MN Power: What Happened & What Can We Do Now?" ⚡️ Learn the facts, impacts, and how to take action! 👉 Let's discuss northern MN's energy future. Register here: bit.ly/mn-power-webinar
#TakeBackOurPower #CUREmn #MNPower
#TakeBackOurPower #CUREmn #MNPower
ICYMI: A ND judge ruled a law on underground CO2 storage unconstitutional, raising uncertainty for carbon capture projects like the one proposed by Summit Carbon Solutions. 🌱⚖️ We must ensure our energy future serves affected communities. #NorthDakota #CarbonCapture #SummitPipeline
North Dakota judge rules in favor of landowners, finds law unconstitutional • North Dakota Monitor
A district court judge on Tuesday sided with a landowner group and found a North Dakota law related to underground storage of carbon dioxide to be unconstitutional. The ruling from Northeast Judicial District Judge Anthony Swain Benson could have implications for the controversial Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline project, which has a carbon dioxide storage permit […]
northdakotamonitor.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
ICYMI: A ND judge ruled a law on underground CO2 storage unconstitutional, raising uncertainty for carbon capture projects like the one proposed by Summit Carbon Solutions. 🌱⚖️ We must ensure our energy future serves affected communities. #NorthDakota #CarbonCapture #SummitPipeline
Are you 73+ with an IRA? Direct your Required Minimum Distribution to CURE with a QCD! 🌎💚 Connect with Maureen Laughlin today! 🙌 https://curemn.org/who-we-are/contact/
#CUREmn #CharitableGiving #IRA #QCD #ProtectMinnesota #GiveBack #RetirementImpact
#CUREmn #CharitableGiving #IRA #QCD #ProtectMinnesota #GiveBack #RetirementImpact
December 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Are you 73+ with an IRA? Direct your Required Minimum Distribution to CURE with a QCD! 🌎💚 Connect with Maureen Laughlin today! 🙌 https://curemn.org/who-we-are/contact/
#CUREmn #CharitableGiving #IRA #QCD #ProtectMinnesota #GiveBack #RetirementImpact
#CUREmn #CharitableGiving #IRA #QCD #ProtectMinnesota #GiveBack #RetirementImpact
🔎 Got questions about Minnesota’s Data Center transparency? Watch our webinar with CURE’s policy & legal team, & Don Gemberling!
👀 https://youtu.be/X_D4LmAslHk
#Transparency #DPA #OpenGovernment #PublicRecords #CUREmn #RightToKnow #Minnesota #Accountability #DataCenters
👀 https://youtu.be/X_D4LmAslHk
#Transparency #DPA #OpenGovernment #PublicRecords #CUREmn #RightToKnow #Minnesota #Accountability #DataCenters
December 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🔎 Got questions about Minnesota’s Data Center transparency? Watch our webinar with CURE’s policy & legal team, & Don Gemberling!
👀 https://youtu.be/X_D4LmAslHk
#Transparency #DPA #OpenGovernment #PublicRecords #CUREmn #RightToKnow #Minnesota #Accountability #DataCenters
👀 https://youtu.be/X_D4LmAslHk
#Transparency #DPA #OpenGovernment #PublicRecords #CUREmn #RightToKnow #Minnesota #Accountability #DataCenters
In Willmar, MN, Somali immigrants boost the economy by running businesses & staffing key industries. 📍This is rural solidarity!
🔗 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-small-minnesota-town-defends-somali-residents-as-critical-to-the-economy/ar-AA1RRcD9
#WillmarMN #ImmigrantsWelcome #InclusiveEconomy
🔗 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-small-minnesota-town-defends-somali-residents-as-critical-to-the-economy/ar-AA1RRcD9
#WillmarMN #ImmigrantsWelcome #InclusiveEconomy
December 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
In Willmar, MN, Somali immigrants boost the economy by running businesses & staffing key industries. 📍This is rural solidarity!
🔗 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-small-minnesota-town-defends-somali-residents-as-critical-to-the-economy/ar-AA1RRcD9
#WillmarMN #ImmigrantsWelcome #InclusiveEconomy
🔗 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-small-minnesota-town-defends-somali-residents-as-critical-to-the-economy/ar-AA1RRcD9
#WillmarMN #ImmigrantsWelcome #InclusiveEconomy