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  • Minneapolis solar nonprofit is proving patience can bring results to lower-income residents

    The nonprofit Solstar provides free solar panels to lower-income homeowners in Minneapolis by encouraging wealthy individuals to invest in its solar panel installations and cover the costs. The investors earn a modest return on their investment from Solstar and can take advantage of tax credits, while the homeowners see a drop in their electricity bills.

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  • St. Paul, Minnesota sees city buildings as opportunity for quick wins on climate plan goals

    St. Paul, Minnesota, is retrofitting city-owned buildings, improving their efficiency, and swapping to renewable sources of heating and cooling to decarbonize their operations.

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  • Why Minnesota's push to electrify government vehicles is going slower than expected

    To reduce fossil fuel consumption, Minnesota is transitioning its fleet of state-owned vehicles to electric models.

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  • Twin Cities electric vehicle car-share program finds success

    Evie Community Carshare is an electric-vehicle service in areas of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, with high poverty and pollution rates. Users can pick up a car and leave it anywhere within the service area.

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  • Crowdfunded solar puts Red Lake Nation on a path to energy sovereignty

    The Red Lake Nation in Minnesota is building a 240-kilowatt solar array on top of a workforce training center, which will generate about half of the building’s electricity. This project was financed through crowdfunding, where they raised $250,000 from religiously inclined microlenders. The goal: to allow the tribe to have energy sovereignty, create higher-paying jobs, and maintain a healthy environment.

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  • How land under solar panels can contribute to food security

    As land for solar energy production has increased around the world, cities have discovered that the same land can provide robust “pollinator-friendly” crops. These lands function as “dual-farms” because the agriculture grows under “solar canopies,” thus serving more than one purpose. They cut down on electricity costs, and increase crop production as well as the amount of pollinating insects in the surrounding areas.

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