This December, Fresh Energy’s science policy director, J. Drake Hamilton, will travel to Madrid, Spain, to participate in the United Nations 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25).
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Fresh Energy at the Global Climate Summit COP24
Read our full report from the COP24 summit—which brings together an estimated 30,000 people from 195 nations to discuss climate action.
Fresh Energy expertise featured on the international stage in Greece
Science policy director J. Drake Hamilton was the keynote speaker at a recent international event focusing on climate justice and deep carbon reductions.
Minnesota Updates Cost of Air Pollution from Power Plants
Today, in a victory for public health, clean air, and homegrown clean energy, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) updated calculations to reflect the true cost that air pollution imposes on Minnesotans.
Women’s History Month: Celebrating J. Drake Hamilton
In honor of Fresh Energy’s 25th anniversary and Women’s History month, Fresh Energy would like to take a moment to acknowledge our Science Policy Director J. Drake Hamilton’s great work.
Minnesota Power to retire two coal plants
Today, Minnesota Power based in Duluth announced their decision to retire two older coal-burning power plants, Boswell 1 and 2 in Cohasset, MN, near Grand Rapids, by the end of 2018. Fresh Energy and our clean energy partners advocated that these units appear to be no longer economic to run, with cleaner energy available and cheaper. Regulators at the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) on June 9, 2016 evaluated the economics of running these older units with needed additional pollution controls, compared to other cleaner, cheaper options for meeting energy needs, and the PUC agreed with us.
