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3M Joins RE100, Commits To 100% Global Renewable Electricity

February 28, 2019May 8, 2020 by Alyssa Danigelis

3M has committed to transition to 100% renewable electricity at all their facilities worldwide, starting with global headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota. In addition, 3M joined the RE100 initiative and set an interim target to source at least 50% of their electricity from renewable sources by 2025.

Minnesota Lt. Governor Tina Smith Launches 50 by ’30 Renewable Energy Effort

March 1, 2017 by Cheryl Kaften

Minnesota Lieutenant. Governor Tina Smith (D) announced a new bipartisan effort on February 27 to increase Minnesota’s Renewable Energy Standard from 25 percent by 2025 to 50 percent by 2030.

In Duluth, This Month’s Utility Bills Include a Little Something Extra

September 29, 2016 by Cheryl Kaften

A Minnesota municipality is reminding 800,000 potential – but still unregistered – voters that their utility bills can serve as a form of identification on Election Day, the Duluth News Tribune reported on September 26.

Minnesota Adopts E-Waste Bill, North Carolina Considers Repealing E-Recycling Program

June 2, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Minnesota’s e-waste bill has been signed by the state’s governor, while a proposed bill in North Carolina would repeal that state’s electronic recycling program, Waste Dive reports. Minnesota’s new legislation removes some electronics, including laptops and tablets, from the “video display devices” category because of their higher resale and component ... Read more »

Former Brownfield Transformed to Low-Carbon Footprint Ballpark

May 19, 2015February 20, 2018 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Builder and real estate manager Ryan Companies has transformed what used to be one of the top 10 most contaminated brownfield sites in the Twin Cities into a public ballpark that features a host of environmentally sustainable features including recycled water and materials. CHS Field in St. Paul, Minnesota, home ... Read more »

US Steel Fights Environmental Rules for MN Mine

February 16, 2015February 13, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

US Steel is trying to stop Minnesota officials from enforcing new environmental standards that affect taconite mines in the state, Minnesota Public Radio reports. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will propose the new rules when it releases a draft environmental permit for US Steel’s Minntac Facility in Mountain Iron. Company ... Read more »

Paint Industry Program Encourages Recycling

November 12, 2014November 11, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Recycling leftover paint is easier in Minnesota thanks to a program that allows painting contractors and households to drop off leftover cans of latex and oil paint at more than 100 retail drop-off sites throughout the state. The program will add an additional 60 locations by summer 2015. Gov. Mark ... Read more »

DOE Awards $13.4M to Develop Biofuels, Bioproducts

October 10, 2014October 9, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Five projects will receive up to $13.4 million in US Department of Energy funding to develop advanced biofuels and bioproducts. The DOE says these projects will help drive down the cost of producing gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from biomass, while also reducing carbon emissions. The department has set a ... Read more »

Waste-to-Energy Could Supply 12% of US Electricity

August 19, 2014August 19, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

If all of the municipal solid waste (MSW) that is currently put into landfills each year in the US were diverted to waste-to-energy (WTE) power plants, it could generate enough electricity to supply 12 percent of the US total, according to a study conducted by the Earth Engineering Center (EEC) ... Read more »

Connecticut Prepares to Launch Battery EPR Bill

June 26, 2014June 26, 2014 by Ken Jennison

Connecticut is planning to introduce the nation’s first consensus-based extended producer responsibility bill for both rechargeable and single-use batteries during its 2015 legislative session. Released June 11 at the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s national battery stewardship dialogue meeting, the model bill was drafted by a group of ... Read more »

Climate Change Response a ‘Competitive Advantage’

June 11, 2014June 11, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

In a state-by-state analysis of the business response to climate change, a CDP report shows companies across America are factoring global warming into their business planning because they see climate action as a prudent way to build competitive advantage for their firms nationally and globally. The new report examines the ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: BP’s Latest Spill, Rare Earths, NESHAP

March 28, 2014March 28, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

The EPA is investigating possible violations of the Clean Water Act following BP’s crude oil spill into Lake Michigan from its Whiting, Ind., refinery. BP today more than doubled its estimate of the maximum amount spilled, to 39 barrels, or 1,638 gallons. The EPA said the spill likely poses no long-term risk ... Read more »

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