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05/19/2013
The city of Mankato recently completed its second step in becoming a GreenStep City. The completion was recognized by the GreenStep Cities program, which is part of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. With the program, the MPCA is helping Minnesota cities work toward achieving sustainability....
05/16/2013
The city of Mankato has recently been recognized by the GreenStep Cities program as a Step Two GreenStep City.
To achieve this, the city implemented best practices that help achieve sustainability goals and cost savings that reduce energy use by providing high quality water, being committed to...
05/14/2013
Excerpt: If you’ve got a rural business or farm, then the U.S. Department of Agriculture has a deal for you: Invest a little in renewable energy or energy efficiency, and the government will chip in for 25 percent of the cost.
“This is a great opportunity to make an investment,...
05/04/2013
Sometimes when you lose, you actually end up a winner.
From Earth Day 2012 to Earth Day 2013, Troy and Jenn Goodnough and son Ely (pronounced like Ely, Minn.), age 5—aka team Prairie Penny Pinchers—along with hundreds of close personal friends, acquaintances, colleagues, community residents and...
04/29/2013
In the aftermath of a severe economic recession that left numerous businesses and individuals struggling, the start of this decade has been a time of tight budgets and fragile futures for many. It therefore seemed like perfect timing when we, as a student group from the University of Minnesota,...
04/24/2013
MARSHALL – A local movement to make Marshall a cleaner, greener place has been making progress, said Marshall GreenStep coordinator Tom Hoff at Tuesday’s meeting of the Marshall City Council. After action by the council, the group hopes to gain a full-time worker to help with planning...
04/23/2013
Shorewood is one of 54 Minnesota cities to have signed up as a “GreenStep City,” vowing to strive toward environmental sustainability.
The city’s membership became official in June 2011, with a resolution that talked about moving “sustainable development practices”...
04/23/2013
Maple Grove is one of 54 Minnesota cities to have signed up as a “GreenStep City,” vowing to strive toward environmental sustainability.
The city’s membership became official in December 2012, with a resolution that talked about moving “energy self-reliance,” “...
04/19/2013
In Cottage Grove, all traffic signals will be switched over to energy-efficient LED lighting by the end of this year.
In Oakdale, new public buildings, including a new fire station and the Discovery Center at Oakdale Nature Preserve, are required to be built with such features as thicker...
02/21/2013
Sleek, shiny and black, the Chevrolet Volt parked Wednesday in the corner of the exhibition hall at River’s Edge Convention Center wasn’t attracting big crowds.
But the car did turn a few heads of passersby at the Clean Energy Resource Teams conference, signaling a small but growing interest in...
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