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Trump Administration Preliminary Budget: Minnesotans at risk

Posted by Helen Booth-Tobin | Date April 24, 2017

The proposed budget would reduce our nation's commitment to cutting energy waste and make businesses throughout Minnesota less competitive. We highlight five specific areas of concern.

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Mid-Size MN communities blaze building energy benchmarking trail

Posted by Megan Hoye, LEED AP | Date April 13, 2017

Follow-up to a workshop CEE and GreenStep Cities co-hosted for representatives of mid-sized cities to talk with experts about the benefits and challenges of benchmarking buildings.

Legislative Updates April 2017: Where We Are and Where We Want to Be

Posted by Joseph Sullivan | Date April 11, 2017

As we head in to the final phases of the 2017 Minnesota legislative session, we at CEE are taking stock of where we are and where we want to be when it all wraps up at the end of May.

Green Jobs: Myth or Pathway out of Poverty?

Posted by Elena Foshay | Date March 9, 2017

This article first appeared in the March 2017 issue of Clearing House Community, part of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law.

MN Senate Testimony: Residential PACE and the need for consumer protection

Posted by Joseph Sullivan | Date March 8, 2017

This testimony was originally presented to the Senate Energy and Utilities Finance and Policy Committee on March 7, 2017.

CEE "Women in Energy" in the spotlight this March at CERTs

Posted by Tim Hanrahan | Date March 7, 2017

CERTs included two influential women with CEE ties in its Minnesota Women in Energy Series during Women's History Month.

Energy Policy Forum: Minnesota’s electric co-ops, community-led energy innovators

Posted by Megan Hoye, LEED AP | Date February 27, 2017

CEE's second annual Energy Policy Forum focused on Minnesota's electric cooperative utilities and their role as sources of innovation in the energy field.