Tamara Nelsen, Executive Director of Minnesota AgriGrowth Council, talks with Lindner Farm Network about the importance of Pipelines…

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission voted again on March 26, 2019 – unanimously – in favor of the Line 3 oil pipeline in northern Minnesota…

ALJ Ruling Would Come at Significant Cost to Farmers and Consumers St. Paul – Today, the Ag Energy Alliance released the following initial statement regarding today’s ALJ Line 3 Replacement Ruling. “While we are pleased that the ALJ found a need to replace Line 3...

Download the PDF to view the summary of the University of Minnesota Duluth's (UMD) Labovitz School Sandpiper & Line 3 Replacement Project Economic Study Summary of Enbridge Pipeline Construction Economic Impact Study.pdf

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Projects will contribute $138 million to retail and hospitality in Northern Minnesota (St. Paul, MN) A study released today by the Minnesota Ag/Energy Alliance found the Sandpiper and Line 3 Replacement pipeline projects, as proposed, would add...

St. Paul, Minn. – The Minnesota Ag/Energy Alliance today called on Governor Mark Dayton to provide for an independent investigation of all matters related to the emails sent by a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) employee involved in the state...

The Honorable Mark Dayton
Governor of the State of Minnesota
Office of the Governor
116 Veterans Service Building
20 West 12th Street
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155

Dear Governor Dayton: As members of the Minnesota Ag Energy Alliance and leaders of two large trade associations in the state, we are tremendously concerned about the impropriety being perpetrated against the Sandpiper Pipeline project by at least one state...

Calls for Independent Investigation of MPCA Staffer Emails (ST. PAUL, MN) The Minnesota Ag/Energy Alliance applauds Governor Dayton’s strong statement of concern regarding a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) staff members’ alleged improper...

Duluth News Tribune

By: John Myers

Five St. Louis County commissioners have joined their counterparts in other northern Minnesota counties supporting construction of new and expanded oil pipelines across the region. St. Louis County commissioners Steve Raukar, Keith Nelson, Tom Rukavina, Pete...

By: John Croman

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is drawing fire over e-mails a staffer reportedly sent to environmental groups opposed to the Sandpiper crude oil pipeline in northern Minnesota. Republican lawmakers say it appears that the MPCA staffer in...

December 16, 2015

Respondents Concerned that Regulatory Delays Are Costing State (ST. PAUL, MN) Today, the Minnesota Ag/Energy Alliance released results from a recent survey conducted that measured Minnesotans’ attitudes towards pipeline construction, railroad...

December 15, 2015

On behalf of the Minnesota Ag-Energy Alliance, Public Opinion Strategies conducted a statewide survey of 600 likely voters (margin of error + 4.0%) online November 30-December 7, 2015. The purpose of this memo is to review the key findings from the survey....

It became abundantly clear this week when the Minnesota Court of Appeals handed down a decision to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to reverse the PUC’s 5-0 decision to grant the Certificate of Need to build the Sandpiper Pipeline that at this point in...

August 6, 2015

We are pleased that Governor Dayton has come to the same conclusion as the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission in determining that the proposed Sandpiper pipeline, which will transport Bakken oil, is the safest way in which to transport the product throughout...

The American Farm Bureau Federation

Written By: Elaine Kub for the American Farm Bureau Federation

The American Farm Bureau Federation has released a new report which concludes what we in Minnesota are all too acutely aware of. Namely, that current pipeline proposals would relieve freight congestion at precisely the Upper Midwest hotspots that were most...

6/5/15

Organization of the State’s leading business and agricultural associations has long supported Sandpiper, which is the safest and most efficient way to transport North Dakota Crude Oil. The Minnesota Ag/Energy Alliance, a coalition comprised of some of the State’s...

Duluth News Tribune

By: Brian Hanson 6/2/15

This week the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission is scheduled to make a final decision as to whether the administrative law judge correctly ruled there is a critical need for the Sandpiper pipeline project and that the need exists today. While it would be...

By: News Tribune 6/1/15

It was big news in April when an administrative law judge — after listening to five days of testimony and poring over more than 2,000 letters — recommended that the proposed Sandpiper pipeline go ahead and be built, that Minnesota needs it. The state Department of...

The Minnesota Agriculture/Energy Alliance issued the following statement today in response to the oil car derailment and fire near Heimdal, North Dakota: “This most recent oil car train derailment and fire in Heimdal, North Dakota underscores the..

Organization of the State’s leading business and agricultural associations has long supported Sandpiper, which is the safest and most efficient way to transport North Dakota Crude Oil. The Minnesota Ag/Energy Alliance, a coalition comprised of...

Business, agriculture, labor and thousands of Minnesotans who are enthusiastically supporting the safe transportation of North Dakota Crude oil scored an important victory yesterday, when an Administrative Law Judge found that Minnesota needs the proposed Enbridge "Sandpiper" line. The Judge, after reading thousands of pages of filed arguments, listened to dozens of hours of public testimony from hundreds of witnesses, the vast majority of whom supported the line, issued the order yesterday. The Minnesota Ag/Energy Alliance strongly supports this ruling and encourages the Public Utilities Commission to do the same at its earliest possible opportunity.

Star Tribune

By: David Shaffer 4/13/15

Excerpt from Judge Lipman Recommendation: “The hearing record makes clear that having the support of a willing pipeline developer matters – particularly if Minnesota is to obtain pipeline proposals that reflect sound financial, engineering and...

By: Dylan Thomas, Michelle Bruch, Sarah McKenzie, Eric Best – 2015

A proposal to reroute freight trains carrying volatile Bakken crude oil through Crystal and into downtown Minneapolis has raised concerns among communities along the rail line. BNSF and Canadian Pacific tracks cross in Crystal, and the two railroads have proposed...

Scientific American

By: Bobby Magill and Climate Central – 3/30/15

A decision on whether to allow the Keystone XL Pipeline to be built in the U.S. could come at any time, but there are myriad other projects on the table designed to do exactly what Keystone XL was designed to do: transport Canadian tar sands oil to refineries....

The Bemidji Pioneer

By: Robb Jeffries – 3/27/15

MINNEAPOLIS -- With a report on the Sandpiper pipeline project’s certificate of need coming in April, Enbridge CEO Al Monaco spoke on his company’s involvement in energy transportation in Minnesota here Friday. Monaco made a half-hour long presentation at the...

The New York Times

By: Ron Nixon – 8/24/14

FARGO, N.D. — The furious pace of energy exploration in North Dakota is creating a crisis for farmers whose grain shipments have been held up by a vast new movement of oil by rail, leading to millions of dollars in agricultural losses and slower production for...