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The state of Minnesota has passed an US$80 million solar and energy storage incentive programme, including multiple programmes and policy changes.

MnSEIA said clean energy received an unprecedented level of interest, support and forward momentum this legislative session.

At the start of the year, a group of local citizens took it upon themselves to organize a meeting, a grassroots effort to make lawmakers more aware of the aquatic invasive species infiltrating area lakes.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday signed the Omnibus Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance bill. The bill includes language aimed at keeping the mammoth project viable. Under the language, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency commissioners must wait at least two years after the termination of state mineral leases at the site before beginning action to terminate environmental permits associated with the project. “It's very important in the event that Mesabi Metallics does not go forward with the current project that the...

From staff reports ST. PAUL — Sen. Gary Dahms, R-Redwood Falls, and Rep. Chris Swedzinski, R-Ghent, reported on Minnesota Legislature actions this past week. While Dahms was upbeat on a multiple Senate bills dealing with education, housing and the environment, Swedzinski was critical of a climate and energy bill pushed by Democrats in the House. Both the House and Senate are busy taking up key issues down the final stretch as the May 17 adjournment looms. Omnibus education bill The Minnesota Senate approved a bipartisan bill Thursday that funds K-12 schools and transforms the way the state...