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AS MINNESOTA ADDRESSES CLIMATE CHANGE: Some Legislators Get Cold Feet

Author
MICHELLE ROSIER and KATHARINA MOELLER
Sierra Club
After an extraordinary 2007 legislative session that set Minnesota on the path to a comprehensive plan for curbing greenhouse gas emissions, the 2008 legislature encountered delays in implementing real climate change solutions. First, Governor Pawlenty's Office of Energy Security stalled release of the Minnesota Climate Change Advisory Group's recommendations for realizing the goals set in 2007.
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ON THE WEB!

Clean Energy Minnesota,
cleanenergyminnesota.org

Midwest Governors’ Greenhouse Gas Accord,
midwesternaccord.org

Read Up!

Unbowed: A Memoir, by Wangari Maathai, Anchor, 2007.

Seven Wonders for a Cool Planet: Everyday Things to Help Solve Global Warming, by Eric Sorensen, Sierra Club/Counterpoint, 2008.

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Sierra Club North Star Chapter
Minneapolis-St.Paul Region
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