Here is what Fresh Energy staff have been discussing when reviewing the new federal budget reconciliation law.
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Statement: Sweeping cuts ensure higher energy bills, fewer jobs, stifled innovation
Congress has turned its back on Minnesota families with this extreme legislation that promises higher energy bills, fewer jobs, and stifled innovation.
Legislative update: Protecting Minnesota’s clean energy and climate progress
Discover how Fresh Energy navigated a uniquely challenging 2025 Minnesota legislative session to defend key climate laws and advance clean energy solutions like geothermal and Sustainable Aviation Fuel while improving data center policy.
Community voices, data must lead in Minnesota’s cumulative impacts rule
Minnesota can advance environmental justice and build trust by centering local communities in its new cumulative impacts rulemaking process for proposed polluting facilities.
Fresh Energy interns explore clean energy funding challenges in new podcast episode
Listen to students from UMN’s Institute on the Environment discuss how federal funding uncertainty has impacted Minnesota’s Solar on School program, our green bank MNCIFA, and renewable energy development across Minnesota.
This tribal college is making clean energy careers accessible in northern Minnesota
The White Earth Tribal and Community College Trades Building will train the next generation of tradespeople to build northern Minnesota’s clean energy future.