FOOD, CLIMATE, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

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Live tweet: Minnesota House Ways and Means, April 25

On April 25, the Minnesota House Ways and Means committee to begin the Omnibus Environment Finance Bill.
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Committee Summary: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee, March 31

The House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee met on March 31, 2022. The breadth of the meeting was spent on presentations from various agencies regarding the governor’s…
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Live Tweet: House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee, March 22

On March 22 the Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee met to discuss HF3888, HF3892, and HF2578. Topics of discussion include Minnesota's clean water supply, sexual assault on college campuses,…
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Committee Summary: House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee (Feb. 9)

The House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee met on Feb. 9, 2021 to discuss the impact of transportation on the climate.
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Radical News Radio Hour: Environmental Justice and Universal Childcare

This episode of the Radical News Radio Hour, in partnership with WFNU, discusses environmental justice organizing in East Phillips and universal childcare and early learning.
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House Preventative Health Policy Division takes on Climate Change

For its second meeting, the Minnesota House of Representative’s new Preventive Health Policy Division took aim at climate change as a factor in healthy lives.
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Small Business Spotlight: Trio Plant-Based

By: Cirien Saadeh, PhD., Community Journalist Trio Plant-Based offers vegan comfort food in a welcoming space with an environmental and  social justice edge When you first walk into Trio Plant-Based…

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Minnesota loses one dairy farmer every day

On May 7, the Civic Buzz of the Minneapolis League of Women Voters had two speakers discussing, “The Urban/Rural Struggle for a Sustainable Future.”
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