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Mayor Hodges announces the Minneapolis Climate Champs Challenge

Posted by on April 02, 2015

Mayor Betsy Hodges’ announced a new initiative called the Minneapolis Climate Champs Challenge at her second State of the City Address at the American Swedish Institute in...

MNIPL presents Values Statement for Community Solar Gardens

Posted by on March 19, 2015

"Wealth inequality has reached obscene levels just as the planet is choking on carbon.”                - Terry Hokenson co-leader...

Minneapolis City Council Passes Fossil Fuel Divestment Resolution

Posted by on February 24, 2015

We are thrilled to announce yet another milestone where our city councilors have taken courageous action for climate justice! Our Coalition partners MN 350 have...

Join the Longfellow Energy Fair February 7th

Posted by on January 20, 2015

A big mission for Community Power/ Minneapolis Energy Options is to spread awareness about accessible programs and opportunities for communities to save money by saving...

E-21 Report Released Recommending New Regulatory Model for Utilities

Posted by on December 20, 2014

An initiative called “E-21” (standing for 21st Century Energy System) has been tapping into a need for visionary planning on a transition to a new...

The Clean Energy Partnership is Back on Track

Posted by on December 11, 2014

We did it! Thanks to the hundreds of community residents calling their Councilmembers, close to 300 showing up to the marathon public hearing Wednesday (12/10/2014)...

Save the Minneapolis Clean Energy Partnership on December 10th

Posted by on December 06, 2014

Update: The Minneapolis City Council voted 13-0 on December 10th to restore the full $150,000 for the Clean Energy Partnership into the final 2015 budget. ...

We Need You to Stop the Scissors From Cutting the Clean Energy Partnership!

Posted by on December 02, 2014

Update: The Minneapolis City Council voted 13-0 on December 10th to restore the full $150,000 for the Clean Energy Partnership into the final 2015 budget. ...

Help Secure Clean Energy Leadership Retire Coal

Posted by on December 01, 2014

As you've probably heard, our campaign has succeeded in helping Minneapolis form a City-Utility Clean Energy Partnership with Xcel Energy and CenterPoint Energy which have...

Video Presentation: What the City of Minneapolis Clean Energy Partnership Represents

Posted by on November 30, 2014

A First-in-the-Nation City-Utility Clean Energy Partnership Contribution submitted by: John Farrell November 25, 2014, In the past month, the city of Minneapolis and its two...

Progress Report from Oct. 6th hearing

Posted by on October 08, 2014

The October 6th, 2014 presentation and public hearing to the Minneapolis City Council's Health Environment & Community Engagement committee fulfilled the recommendations of this year's...

Mobilizing Public Comments for EPA Clean Power Plan

Posted by on September 08, 2014

A big part of what motivates Community Power is the moral imperative for all of us collectively to lower carbon dioxide emissions on short order....