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Local View: Jobs and the environment can and should work together From the column: "To truly take advantage of this moment, finding collective solutions is the only way to succeed." Written By: Dan Olson and Paul Austin | 10:00 am, May 2, 2021 × The challenges ahead of our country in these days and weeks following Earth Day 2021 are no less alarming than those on the first Earth Day in 1970. That was when President Richard Nixon put forth a groundbreaking plan to address ...

Lake Country Power The Energy Conservation and Optimization (ECO) Act, a bill many years in the making, will modernize the Minnesota’s Conservation Improvement Program (CIP). Enacted in 2007, CIP requires all gas and electric utilities to spend a portion of their revenues on energy conservation. The program has delivered real savings to Minnesotans on their energy bills through the adoption of technologies like LED lighting and Energy Star® rated appliances, providing more than $6 billi...

Statewide View: Minnesota Chamber members are needed to insist on meaningful climate action From the column: "The damage businesses do by supporting the chamber’s lobbying and rhetoric far outweighs the benefits of their individual sustainability commitments." Written By: Sam Grant | × I write on behalf of climate-justice leaders and clean-energy advocates calling on businesses to hold the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce accountable for its obstruction of Minnesota’s clean-ener...

President Joe Biden and Gov. Tim Walz want to combat the global climate crisis with bold renewable energy investments combined with energy efficiency directives. Energy efficiency standards will likely increase under Biden. In Minnesota, Walz wants to strengthen the state’s Conservation Improvement Program, which helps consumers and businesses save on energy. Understanding how different strategies and products can help reduce energy demand through efficiency is the focus of the Commerce Depar...

BEMIDJI, Minnesota, Feb. 17 -- Bemidji State University issued the following news: Bemidji State University has recently received an energy efficiency rebate of more than $137,200 from Otter Tail Power Company as part of the companys Conservation Improvement Program. An additional $9,700 rebate was also granted for Bemidji States participation in Otter Tails geothermal study. Travis Barnes, director of facilities, said a key component in reducing energy usage is to lay the ground-work for futur...

UpdatedThu, Jan 21, 2021 at 4:49 pm CT Replies(3) "The time to fight climate change is now," said Gov. Tim Walz said Thursday. (Shutterstock) TWIN CITIES, MN — Gov. Tim Walz Thursday announced a set of policy proposals to get Minnesota to 100 percent clean energy in the states electricity sector by 2040. Among the proposals is a requirement that utility companies to prioritize "clean energy" over fossil fuels when replacing power plants. "The time to fight climate change is now," said Walz in...