From State Fair blue ribbons and an EV road trip to solar-powered businesses and resilient forests, this journey highlights Minnesotans taking climate action.
J. Drake Hamilton
Minnesota launches updated Climate Action Framework
On February 11, 2026, Governor Tim Walz and his Climate Change Subcabinet launched the updated Minnesota Climate Action Framework.
Fresh Energy and COP30, the U. N. Climate Change Conference
Get updates from Fresh Energy during the U.N. Climate Change Conference, COP30.
From Minnesota to the White House to the global stage: J.’s climate story
Fresh Energy’s J. Drake Hamilton shares how her personal climate story has been shaped by professors, schoolteachers, and thousands of citizens that care about Minnesota’s future.
Touring Sherco Solar, the largest solar farm in the Upper Midwest
J. Drake Hamilton recently toured Xcel Energy’s Sherco Solar, the largest solar farm in Minnesota. Learn how agrivoltaics, pollinators, sheep, and consumers are benefitting from this new facility.
Touring Cummins’ electrolyzer factory, the next generation of green hydrogen
Fresh Energy had the opportunity to tour Cummins’ electrolyzer plant in Fridley, Minnesota, where they’re manufacturing technology to produce green hydrogen and decarbonize our economy.