With Minnesota’s electricity mix becoming cleaner and less expensive – and oil and gas becoming dirtier, riskier and more costly – is it time to transition to a more electric economy? Fresh Energy thinks the answer is a resounding yes. We think it’s time to start putting electricity from the wind, the sun, and other local clean power sources into more of Minnesota’s economy.
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May 13 | Breathe Better with Climate Solutions: A community conference on the intersection of health and our changing climate
Join Fresh Energy’s Science Policy Director J. Drake Hamilton as she leads a keynote presentation at the Breathe Better with Climate Solutions conference at Southwest High School in Minneapolis on Saturday, May 13, 2017.
Annual Report, 2015-16
Fresh Energy Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2015-16 is now available online.
J. Drake Hamilton meets President Obama in the White House
The President invited Fresh Energy’s science policy director, J. Drake Hamilton, to join him at a small group meeting in the White House prior to his historic announcement of the single greatest step the United States has taken thus far to combat climate change.
Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2013-14
Fresh Energy Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2013-14
News Release: Conservation, clean energy, and labor advocates react to new federal carbon pollution standards to protect Minnesota, address climate change
Today, local conservation, clean energy, and labor advocates said newly announced federal carbon pollution limits for power plants would address the leading cause of climate change and protect public health.