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 Minneapolis is going green! Regardless of the city's long tradition of being a front runner in the green movement, Minneapolis lacks a strong business recycling requirement. Businesses generate a massive amount of recyclable waste that is being thrown into our already overflowing landfills. We need to make sure that this waste is recycled and reused to reduce waste, pollution, energy usage, and greenhouse gas emissions. When successful, we will have a more sustainable city, saved money, and created jobs.
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Transportation contributes to 25% of global warming emissions in Minnesota. Furthermore, as Minnesota’s demographics shift, we face an aging population that will require alternatives to driving but will have few options. Both of these problems are caused by a lack of access to green modes of transportation for most people.
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Cost of tuition is rising dramatically, text books are increasingly more expensive, and access to a quality, affordable education is more and more out of reach for Minnesotans. Join MPIRG's fight for getting higher education costs under control
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MPIRG is dediciated to increasing voter participation - particularly in the midterm elections where young people have the largest drop-off in voting among all demographic groups. We continue to fight for fair and clean elections whereby anyone, regardless of socioeconomic status, can run for political office. And, more broadly, we promote and advocate better democratic systems, such as ranked choice voting, that encourage people to vote their hopes, not their worst fears.
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There are 80,000 chemcials, mostly untested, used in manufacturing. Many of them are very toxic and are causing cancer and hormone disruption in our bodies. Two of the worst chemicals are bisphenol-A and phthlates. These chemicals can be found everywhere from baby toys to shatter-resistant water bottles. Constant, low-level exposure is believed to be related to the increase in autism, among other effects.
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