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Minnesota moves forward on clean cars

Within five years, Minnesotans looking to buy a new car could find an array of cleaner options available — and that's good news for all of us.

Renewables on the Rise

Clean energy is sweeping across America and is poised for more dramatic growth in the coming years.

Plastic 'nurdles' are filling our oceans — but this bill would hold plastics companies accountable

They're tiny pellets used to make most plastic products, and about 9,200 truck loads of them end up in our oceans each year. 

Legislators in D.C. share the blueprint for state and local plastic pollution reduction

Plastic pollution is taking its toll on wildlife and wild spaces across the country. Now, state leaders have a blueprint for action.

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News Release | Environment America

Statement: Bold climate bill aims for zero carbon emissions by midcentury

WASHINGTON -- Congressional leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee released the new CLEAN Future Act on Tuesday. This comes after a year of input from stakeholders nationwide, following the release of a version of this bill in 2020. The legislation lays out a path for the United States to reach economy-wide emissions reduction targets that would allow the country to hit net zero emissions by 2050.

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Cleaning up the mess of weakened efficiency standards

Looking to save money, water and energy? You shouldn’t have to look to showerheads of the past.

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A new beginning for climate action

When President Joe Biden was sworn into office last month amid a masked and eerily quiet Washington D.C., I wasn’t expecting immediate, far-reaching action on climate. I had become so accustomed to the executive branch ignoring the existential threat of a warming planet that I forgot what was possible at the federal level. President Biden reminded me.

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Clean cars in Minnesota: a very good idea!

On Tuesday, February 23rd, state director Tim Schaefer testifed in support of the MPCA's proposed clean cars rules. Those rules will help ensure that there are clean cars for sale everywhere in Minnesota. Fourteen states have already adopted these standards -- we hope Minnesota will be the next, but not the last.

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Clean cars in Minnesota: a very good idea!

On Tuesday, February 23rd, state director Tim Schaefer testifed in support of the MPCA's proposed clean cars rules. Those rules will help ensure that there are clean cars for sale everywhere in Minnesota. Fourteen states have already adopted these standards -- we hope Minnesota will be the next, but not the last.

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Coronavirus update

Our work to defend the environment can’t stop and won’t stop in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. We’ll keep advocating on your behalf — at a safe social distance — for clean air, clean water, clean energy, wildlife and open spaces, and a livable climate.