We interviewed Dr. Curt Nordgaard, a pediatrician and fossil gas researcher at Fresh Energy, about how gas stoves affect our health and how we can mitigate their effects in the home.
Buildings
Modernizing utility programs to advance an equitable energy transition
Fresh Energy is so committed to engaging in how Minnesota’s electric and gas investor-owned utilities, including Xcel Energy and CenterPoint Energy, plan and implement their energy efficiency and conservation programs.
Healthy Buildings for All: Fresh Energy’s Buildings department aims for deeper decarbonization
Buildings are a top source of carbon pollution—both globally and in Minnesota—contributing 40 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. And while Minnesota’s electricity and transportation sectors are getting cleaner, pollution from buildings is increasing every year.
Resource Center: Conservation Improvement Program “Low-Income”+ Workshops
A series of virtual meetings for participants to learn about investor-owned utilities plans for their energy efficiency programs.
Reflection: This Pride Month, I’m dreaming of buildings for every body
Buildings are for people and our bodies. And the only way to make carbon-free buildings just and equitable is to make them for every type of body.
Midwest coalition emphasizes environmental justice for federal funding
The Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition’s Federal Policy Working Group Submits Comments to EPA’s Environmental and Climate Justice Program