Minnesota

Kyger Creek Power Plant viewed from a parking lot off of Ohio State Route 7.

FunksBrother/Wikimedia Commons

September 30, 2024

Protecting Public Health Is Complicated. But Science Can Help, and the Time Is Now.

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

cosmin4000/Getty Images

July 1, 2024

An Investigation into Public Participation Motivated by Memories and a Connection to Home

Guest Commentary

Michael Hicks/Flickr

March 28, 2023

Xcel Energy Sets Big Vision for EV Charging in Minnesota

Samantha Houston
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Demonstrators outside MN hearing on cumulative impacts

Sierra Club North Star Chapter

March 16, 2023

Minnesota Needs Environmental Protections for Cumulative Impacts. Your State Does Too.

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

UCS

March 1, 2023

Minnesota Can Do More to Protect People from Ethylene Oxide Emissions

Kristie Ellickson
Senior Scientist

photo of the Minnesota State Capitol building, with trees and grass below and blue sky above

Mulad/Wikimedia Commons

February 16, 2023

Minnesota Proves Its Readiness for Carbon-Free Electricity

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

Under a cloudy sky in Alpha, Minnesota, wind turbines are set against a field

MPCA Photos/Flickr

July 22, 2022

Building a Better Power Grid for Minnesota

Meghan Hassett
Former Contributor

INSPIRE-MINNESOTA

May 31, 2022

Minnesota Should Go All-In on Climate Solutions

Meghan Hassett
Former Contributor

Ken Lund

May 19, 2022

Minnesota Lawmakers Could Go Big on Clean Energy, or Go Small

Meghan Hassett
Former Contributor

Tom Shockey/Flickr

December 8, 2021

Clean Energy 2021 Year in Review: Midwest Progress

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

Michael Fousert/unsplash

May 13, 2021

Clean Cars Minnesota: A win for public health, innovation, and the environment

Samantha Houston
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Struan Fraser/Flickr

August 20, 2020

Better Ways of Valuing Energy Efficiency in Minnesota and Beyond

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

Tony Webster/Flickr CC by 2.0

June 24, 2020

Minnesota Sues ExxonMobil, Koch Industries, and Top Oil and Gas Trade Association for Climate-Related Consumer Fraud

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

William Alden / Flickr

June 24, 2020

Is Your Minnesota Electric Cooperative Still Losing Money on Coal Power?

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

Bao Chau/Unsplash

March 3, 2020

The Minnesota Senate Must Do Better on Clean Energy Legislation: Here’s How

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

Chad Davis/Flickr

February 3, 2020

Who Breathes the Dirtiest Air from Vehicles in Minnesota?

Maria Cecilia Pinto de Moura
Scientist

A public charger for an electric vehicle in Bemidji, MN

Clean Energy Resource Team/Flickr

January 30, 2020

Minnesota Utility Programs Are Latest Target in Oil Industry War on EVs

Samantha Houston
Senior Vehicles Analyst

USDA Photo by Lance Cheung/Flickr

December 18, 2019

Farm State Voters See Soil as a Solution to Agriculture’s Woes

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Windtech/Wikimedia

October 23, 2019

How (Not) to Analyze the Cost of Renewables

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

Photo: James Gignac

October 4, 2019

Weighing in on Xcel Energy’s Plans for Minnesota’s Energy Future

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

Photo by Zbynek Burival on Unsplash

May 20, 2019

Xcel Energy’s Plan to Eliminate Coal and Boost Solar in Minnesota

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

President Donald Trump visits the American Cemetery of Suresnes, outside Paris, as part of Veterans Day and the commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the 11 November 1918 armistice, ending World War I, Nov. 11, 2018. (DOD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro)

May 1, 2019

Moving Ahead on Minnesota Clean Energy Legislation

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

Public Domain

February 27, 2019

From Minnesota to Louisiana, Renewables are Poised for Dramatic Growth, but…

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

Photo: Tony Webster/Flickr

February 11, 2019

Minnesota Bill HF700 Considers Bold Carbon-Free Energy Target

Jessica Collingsworth
Former Contributor