Coping with climate change and slowing its progression is one of the great challenges of the 21st century. Through legal and legislative advocacy, MCEA works to stop new global warming emissions, such as those from new coal-fired power plants, from entering the atmosphere and to reduce the emissions Minnesota currently contributes by advocating energy efficiency and a transition to renewable energy.
Minnesota has already set ambitious emissions reduction goals. Meeting those goals is the difficult task ahead. Members of MCEA’s staff and board served on the Minnesota Climate Change Advisory Group, appointed by the governor, which developed recommendations on how the state could reach its emissions goals. MCEA is now advocating implementation of the advisory group’s report in order to tackle global warming before it’s too late.