Prioritize People, Not Polluters
Minnesota government should do right by its people and protect our communities and natural resources—not polluting companies.
We all need clean air and clean water to live healthy lives. Fortunately, there are laws to protect Minnesotans and our environment. In some cases, those laws need to be strengthened.
But when state officials refuse to enforce existing laws, we all lose. It is the job of several state agencies (MPCA, DNR, Department of Health, Department of Agriculture and more) to use existing laws to protect us from corporate polluters. Today, even when laws are strong, those agencies are failing us more and more often.
The problem is “polluter capture” of state agencies, where corporate polluters have too much influence over how they are regulated. We are calling on the State Legislature to hold hearings on agency failures. We first need transparency in order to get agencies to prioritize Minnesotans, not polluters.
It’s time to break polluters’ grip over state regulators.
Agency Failures
"Water is life. We can't do without it... Everyone has a responsibility to protect water, not just for today, but also for future generations."
- Linda Herron, Duluth
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