Nonprofit group Clean Energy Economy Minnesota is using a fresh investment from the state to foster a new ecosystem for sustainability-oriented businesses.
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The business group has issued a report seeking to remove burdensome administrative processes without lowering environmental standards.
Months after landing a multimillion-dollar investment from some of the biggest automakers, Minneapolis-based Niron Magnetics has captured Samsung's attention.
A new state law is ushering in several changes to the state’s community solar program, with developers seeing new rules and requirements, as well as new opportunities.
At a Great Northern Festival panel on Sunday, a trio of business leaders detailed the largely unprecedented attempts to reduce carbon emissions.
While a small part of the capital city’s overall emissions, municipal buildings are also a priority for decarbonization because they can help St. Paul lead by example.
Vessyll is developing a battery energy storage system designed to combat power outages.
Startup Niron Magnetics raised $33 million in new funding from GM and Stellantis—and a more surprising investor.
The Heartland Hub partnership among Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin is one of seven winners in a national competition for $7 billion from federal infrastructure law.
Ecolab, Cargill, Land O'Lakes, and Xcel Energy play important roles in efforts to counter climate change.
At a Twin Cities Startup Week event this week, a panel of sustainability-oriented developers talked about ongoing climate challenges in the industry.
Speaking at the Minnesota State Fair on Friday, a smattering of public and private sector leaders highlighted two “agrivoltaic” projects underway in the state.
A small state grant program is getting a $100 million boost to help local and tribal governments prepare for increasingly extreme weather.
Duluth-based Allete Clean Energy scores its first municipal-utility customer—nearly 1,700 miles away.
The legislation only applies to projects inside, or within a mile of, environmental justice areas in the seven-county Twin Cities metro area, Rochester, and Duluth. But the definition of an environmental justice area is expansive enough to cover the vast majority of those regions.
Resolving the 'forever chemicals' suits will allow public water suppliers to upgrade treatment systems.
Talon’s plan is a milestone for the company’s Tamarack Nickel Project. It’s also a new chapter in a long and thorny debate between those who fear possible water pollution and those eyeing potential job creation.
The legislation, which is expected to be signed by Gov. Tim Walz in the coming days, would speed up the process for adopting new commercial building codes and put the state on a path to reducing energy use in new large buildings by 80% by 2036.