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A bill from this year s legislative session could offer businesses and homeowners more opportunities to invest in green technologies and energy efficiency.
From the column: "As legislators negotiate their omnibus packages for a special-session vote, we cannot let misinformation pushed by special interests prevent real solutions like clean cars."
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David Colburn
REGIONAL- A Republican state senator issued an ultimatum to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) last week: halt proposed new “clean car” emissions standards now or watch state parks close and millions of dollars for environmental initiatives disappear come July 1.
Speaking on May 4 to a virtual conference committee meeting of Senate and House legislators working on the omnibus environment budget, Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen, R-Alexandria, took the hardline stance against new rules that would boost the number of zero-emissions electric vehicles in the state and improve air quality standards. The budget will not move forward, Ingebrigtsen said, unless the proposed rules come off the table and the Senate’s version of the budget is agreed to.
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.
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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 pollution and create the Environmental Protection Agency. In the years that followed, Congress passed, with bipartisan support, the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.