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“Wild rice, the grain called Manoomin by the Ojibwe/Chippewa peoples and known scientifically as Zizania palustris, supports habitats, families, communities, health, and culture.”
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https://waterlegacy.org/wild-rice-tamarack/
8th Fire Solar gets its name from the ancient Anishinaabe Seven Fires Prophecy. It says the next generation, or eighth fire, will come to a fork in the road. One path will be scorched and worn -- the other green and untrodden. Shown on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. Mathew Holding Eagle III | MPR News
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https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/05/23/native-led-nonprofits-merge-to-fight-energy-poverty
A solar array in North Branch, Minn., on Sept. 22, 2022. (Brian Peterson/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Despite harsh political winds, renewable energy can help communities weather the storm.
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https://www.startribune.com/green-shoots-of-hope/601324876?utm_source=gift
Attendees look on during a protest in support of the Green New Deal as well as climate and social justice on the U of L campus Friday. Feb. 22, 2019 (Photo11: Alton Strupp/Courier Journal)
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” — John F. Kennedy, 1962
This is a requiem for American vision.
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Xcel Energy launches 2019 Solar*Rewards Program, with new carve out to serve low-income customers
Xcel Energy launches 2019 Solar*Rewards Program, with new carve out to serve low-income customersXcel Energy opened its 2019 Solar*Rewards Program for residential and commercial customers on Jan. 28, 2019, with approximately $1 million of the $10 million program earmarked for its Income-Qualified Customers program. The low-income carve out is designed to offer solar options to Xcel’s income-qualified customers with limited resources and to those who serve low-income constituents .
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http://mn.gov/commerce-stat/pdfs/xcel-launches-2019-solar.pdf
Scientists have developed a new device that can absorb CO2 and produce electricity and hydrogen fuel .
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https://newatlas.com/hybrid-co2-capture-hydrogen-system/58145/
If you live in Minnesota, you may have recently come across a savvy-looking campaign in defense of “pipeline infrastructure” and “energy needs” in the state. It’s called “Modernizing Minnesota,” and it’s backed by a group known as the Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA).
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Transition to a world run entirely on clean energy – together with the implementation of natural climate solutions – is the only way to halt climate change and keep the global temperature rise below 1.5°C, according to another significant study.
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https://www.pv-magazine.com/2019/01/22/no-alternative-to-100-renewables/
Rutgers scientists have developed catalysts that can convert carbon dioxide – the main cause of global warming – into plastics, fabrics, resins and other products.
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“The only compensation for land is land”… Oren Lyons
