When It Rains, It Pours
Global warming is happening now and its effects are being felt in the United States and around the world. Among the expected consequences of global warming is an increase in the heaviest rain and snow...
View ArticleGreen Ideas & Ham is back with Susan Osborne, mayor of Boulder, CO
On Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 8:00 AM, we're having our first Green Ideas & Ham of the fall—and we're expecting a great group of community leaders to be in attendance! We'll be joined by Susan Osborne,...
View ArticlePresident Recommits to Tackling Global Warming in Inaugural Address
In his inaugural address, President Obama committed to do more to tackle global warming in his second term, building on the strong foundation his administration laid over the last four years. From...
View ArticleDayton, legislators should commit Minnesota to solar energy
It is time for Dayton and our legislators to pass a 10 percent by 2030 solar energy standard. It will reduce pollution, create jobs and boost Minnesota's economy while reducing our dependence on...
View ArticleGovernor Dayton challenges legislators to work with others to increase solar...
In his State of the State address last night, Gov. Mark Dayton came out huge for clean, renewable solar power.
View ArticleSolar and clean energy bill advances in Minnesota legislature
Wednesday evening the House Energy Policy Committee passed the Omnibus Energy bill. The bill contains a number of important energy proposals including increasing the state’s Renewable Energy Standard,...
View ArticleEmbracing the Sun Won’t Burn Us
Guest commentary by Samantha Chadwick.It’s the 21st century. Embracing the sun won't burn us. Each year, Minnesota spends more than $20 billion importing coal, oil and other dirty energy. We need to...
View ArticleNearly 100 Percent of Minnesotans Live in Areas Hit by Recent Weather...
Several months after flooding in northeastern Minnesota led to $100 million in damages last June, a new Environment Minnesota Research and Policy Center report finds that weather-related disasters are...
View ArticleIn the Path of the Storm
Several months after flooding in Duluth led to $100 million in damages, a new Environment Minnesota Research and Policy Center report found that weather-related disasters are already affecting hundreds...
View ArticleA Major Leap Forward on Solar Energy
The Minnesota legislature has passed a bill requiring a more than 30-fold increase in solar power by the end of the decade. The bill establishes a solar standard that would require investor owned...
View ArticleNew Report on Nation's Leading Solar States
Environment Minnesota will be holding a news conference on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 to release a new report highlighting the states leading the way in solar energy.
View ArticleLighting the Way
The new report highlights the "Dazzling Dozen" states leading the way in solar energy and what other states can do to promote solar energy based on their successes.
View ArticleMinnesota Poised for Huge Growth in Solar Power
The Environment Minnesota Research & Policy Center released a new report today entitled Lighting the Way: What We Can Learn from America's Top 12 Solar States, which highlights the states leading...
View ArticleXcel Energy’s Sherburne County Power Plant is Minnesota’s Biggest Global...
On the heels of summer storms that caused record power outages in the Twin Cities and in the midst of a severe drought across the Midwest, a new report from the Environment Minnesota Research &...
View ArticleAmerica’s Dirtiest Power Plants
A new report from the Environment Minnesota Research & Policy Center finds that Xcel Energy’s Sherburne County or “Sherco” Power Plant is the state’s biggest carbon polluter, producing as much...
View ArticleFracking by the Numbers
Over the past decade, the oil and gas industry has fused two technologies—hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling—in a highly polluting effort to unlock oil and gas in underground rock formations...
View ArticleWind Energy for a Cleaner America
A new report released today by Environment Minnesota revealed that Minnesota’s wind energy is already avoiding more than 4.5 million metric tons of climate-altering carbon pollution – the equivalent of...
View ArticleNew Report: Wind Energy Yields Major Environmental Benefits for Minnesota;...
Wind energy is on the rise in Minnesota and is providing huge environmental benefits for the state, according to a new report released today by Environment Minnesota. Minnesota’s wind energy is already...
View ArticleNearly 100 Percent of Minnesotans Live in Areas Hit by Recent Weather...
Several months after flooding in northeastern Minnesota led to $100 million in damages last June, a new Environment Minnesota Research and Policy Center report finds that weather-related disasters are...
View ArticleIn the Path of the Storm
Several months after flooding in Duluth led to $100 million in damages, a new Environment Minnesota Research and Policy Center report found that weather-related disasters are already affecting hundreds...
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