The Minnesota Environmental Partnership (MEP), the state’s largest coalition of environmental and conservation groups, proposed investments that would result in immediate and long-term reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and improvements in Minnesotans’ quality of life. Read the full story by Grand Rapids Herald-Review.
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