Programs

  • Clean Energy and Climate Program

    MCEA’S climate team strives to achieve equitable, economy-wide greenhouse gas reductions, while encouraging community and institutional resilience to adapt to unavoidable climate change. MCEA was instrumental in the coalition that supported major updates to the state’s policies on climate change at the state legislature in 2023, including updated goals for reducing greenhouse gases and a rapid transition to 100% clean energy. MCEA’s legal and policy experts work to enforce and implement those new laws by supporting long-term development of modern and sustainable energy sources for Minnesota and shifting away from fossil fuel use to reduce carbon pollution. To support this goal, MCEA serves as legal counsel for several Minnesota clean energy organizations.
    Geographies
    Minnesota, USA
    Dates
    Not indicated
    Source
    User-generated
    Climate change,Environmental justice,Energy resources,Public health,Public interest law
    Age groups
    5.8M
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  • Northeast Minnesota Program

    This program works to protect the land, water, and people of Northeastern Minnesota, and to promote a safe and healthy future for all Northeastern Minnesotans. MCEA works to protect Northeastern Minnesota communities and waters from mining pollution, especially sulfide mining pollution, by holding state agencies accountable in permitting and enforcement processes. MCEA also works to protect and enhance Northeastern Minnesota lands, forests, and biodiversity, especially for climate resilience. This program is designed to partner with local communities most affected by historic pollution, and build bridges to new partners, including those with whom our views may not always align.
    Geographies
    Cook County, MN, USA;
    Lake County, MN, USA;
    St Louis County, MN, USA;
    Carlton County, MN, USA;
    Itasca County, MN, USA;
    Aitkin County, MN, USA;
    Koochiching County, MN, USA;
    Beltrami County, MN, USA;
    Crow Wing County, MN, USA;
    Hubbard County, MN, USA;
    Cass County, MN, USA
    Dates
    Not indicated
    Source
    User-generated
    Biodiversity,Environmental justice,Energy resources,Hazardous waste management,Water resources,Public interest law
    Age groups
    322.1K
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  • Water Program

    MCEA’s Water Program focuses on protecting Minnesota’s greatest natural resource and economic asset: its water. Minnesotans rely on our water for drinking, recreation, travel, a wide variety of economic activity, and well-being. MCEA works to protect surface and groundwater by securing more effective controls on “forever chemicals” (or PFAS), agricultural runoff, and pollution. MCEA also seeks to protect Lake Superior from the dual threats of pollution and invasive species. MCEA partners with communities to protect local drinking water sources from a wide range of threats that undermine public health.
    Geographies
    Minnesota, USA
    Dates
    Not indicated
    Source
    User-generated
    Environmental justice,Hazardous waste management,Water resources,Public health,Public interest law
    Age groups
    5.8M
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