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After the November election, Minnesota policymakers are now in the best position than they have ever been to take critical steps to put in place policies necessary to tackle climate change. In doing so, they have the opportunity to create good. ....
Clean energy law spurs broad backing as it takes effect in Minnesota The proposal to expand the state s Conservation Improvement Program generated bipartisan support needed to move it through the divided Statehouse. 4:05 pm, Jul. 27, 2021 × Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, spoke to reporters at the Capitol before ceremonially signing a bill that will expand Minnesota s Conservation Improvement Program. (Dana Ferguson / Forum News Service) ST. PAUL Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz along with state lawmakers, energy industry leaders and utility workers on Tuesday, July 27, celebrated the passage of a proposal aimed at growing the state s Conservation Improvement Program. The group held up the proposal as a win-win-win that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the state, reduce energy prices for consumers and create new jobs around the state. And they noted that it was a somewhat rare bipartisan agreement that was able to make it ....