Solar Works for Minnesota Reports

Powering Minnesota's schools, police and fire stations, and other public buildings with solar: A report prepared for the Solar Works for Minnesota coalition (of which Environment Minnesota is a member) by Christina Mills of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, and John Farrell of the Institute for Self-Reliance. The Solar Works for Minnesota coalition is a group of more than 150 businesses, consumers, labor groups, the solar industry and clean energy advocates working collaboratively to promote solar power across Minnesota. 

On Earth Day, Environment Minnesota released a new guide to help Minnesotans improve the energy performance of their homes and workplaces. The renewable energy and energy-saving measures proposed by Environment Minnesota’s Plug into Clean Energy Guide promise to lower energy bills and reduce pollution from power plants across the state.

America has virtually limitless potential to tap the energy of the sun. Solar energy is clean, safe, proven and available everywhere, and the price of many solar energy technologies is declining rapidly. By adopting solar energy on a broad scale, the nation can address our biggest energy challenges – our dependence on fossil fuels and the need to address global warming – while also boosting our economy.

Far from a solution to global warming, nuclear power will actually set America back in the race to reduce pollution, according to a new report by Environment Minnesota. Leading environmental organizations are calling on states and Congress to focus on energy efficiency and renewable energy instead of nuclear power as the solution to global warming.