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Minnesota Ranks 6th in Green Responses to Climate Change

Over the last decade, Minnesota has more than doubled renewable energy generation, largely thanks to wind energy.

  • 12/14/2021
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Climate Underground: A Visual Story

Former Vice President Al Gore led a conversation about regenerative agriculture as part of a two-day Climate Underground conference featuring

  • 12/08/2021
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Sabine Engel: Bridge-Builder on Climate

Her role as a bridge between two countries enables her to see the value of an exchange of technical knowledge.

  • 11/30/2021
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Janiece Watts, Fresh Energy

Equity and environmental justice have been a focal point for Janiece Watts for more than a decade. She is now at Fresh Energy, a nonprofit focused on transitioning Minnesota to a clean energy economy.

  • 10/27/2021
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In the News: November 2021

Food costs, lab-developed beef, Towerside energy vision, food system books

  • 10/27/2021
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Powered by the Wind

Minnesota ranks seventh in the country for wind energy generation, which in 2020 accounted for 22 percent of the state’s total energy generation.

  • 06/25/2021
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Net Zero

My parents’ love for each other and their children was a bubble that protected us from the rest of the

  • 06/24/2021
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Action Steps for Clean Energy

There is an exciting and impactful bill moving in the Minnesota House of Representatives to shift Minnesota to 100 percent carbon-free energy.

  • 03/17/2021
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The Energy Future I See

As of 2005, emissions have risen 32 percent from residential and 15 percent from commercial buildings.

  • 03/10/2021
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How I Build Equity Into Energy

When relationship building is a priority, when narratives are centered, leadership enables us to confidently challenge spaces that have excluded and dismissed lived experience.

  • 03/01/2021
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The Good News About Coal

Recently, the last two coal units in Minnesota, at the Clay Boswell facility owned by Minnesota Power, announced retirement dates in 2030 and 2035.

  • 02/23/2021
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How I Finally Moved Toward Solar Energy

It took me about two weeks to wade through enough information to understand the value of solar. By then I had run out of excuses to not make a decision to move ahead.

  • 06/24/2020