30C EV Charger Tax Credit: A Guide for Homeowners In this guide, we’ll explain all the tax credits you can get when you install an EV charger in your home. We’ll also break down eligibility requirements.

🚗⚡The 30C tax credit can help you SAVE BIG on a home EV charger—up to 30% off installation costs! (If you live in rural MN or an eligible low-income community.) Ends: June 30, 2036!
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#EVCharger #TaxCredit #RuralMN

Bipartisan bill banning local officials from signing NDAs moving through Legislature • Minnesota Reformer After local governments secretly approved data center projects across Minnesota, Republicans and Democrats in the Legislature have rallied behind a bill that would prohibit local government officials from signing nondisclosure agreements with the corporate giants demanding them. Local governments have signed contracts with Big Tech companies including Meta, agreeing not to share any information about […]

MN cities shouldn’t be making secret deals with Big Tech. A bipartisan bill would ban NDAs that hide data center plans until it’s too late to weigh in. Transparency builds trust.
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#mnleg #Transparency

MDH issues stricter fish consumption recommendations for the Arrowhead - The Timberjay REGIONAL— The Minnesota Department of Health, or MDH, has released updated fish consumption advisories, with revisions geared specifically for lakes in northeastern Minnesota. The new Northeast …

🚨 MDH tightened fish advisories for NE MN lakes. Not a spike—better science on harm to kids & pregnant people. MPCA cites global sources, yet taconite causes 50%+ of MN mercury. Read: www.timberjay.com/stories/mdh-issues-stric...

Talking Big, Moving Slow: A Mid‑Session Legislative Check ⋆ CURE This week, Legislators returned from their spring break, marking the unofficial start to the second half of the session. First and second deadlines—the day by which a bill is supposed to be through its necessary committees—have passed, and attention will start turning to fiscal priorities and omnibus bills.   Check out our Legislative Preview for more information!   Here’s how CURE’s top […]

⚖️🌱 Halfway through the session, MN is at a crossroads. Will lawmakers step up on Big Tech accountability, clean water, and climate protections? Read more ➡️ curemn.org/blog/2026-midsession-leg...
#MNLeg #Transparency #DataCenters

Renville County farm field is battle ground for renewable energy dispute Two brothers installed elevated solar panels in a farm field to research the potential for crop and solar production, but are in a payment dispute with Renville-Sibley Cooperative Power Association.

A rural co-op refuses to connect a farmer's 36 kW agrivoltaics project. Building a clean rural energy future isn’t a one-size fits all model—it will require many innovative rural residents and businesses like this one. #RuralPower #CleanEnergy #ElectricCoops #Solar #MemberOwners #Agrivoltaics

New climate tech is coming to rural MN, often without community input.

This webinar is for partner agencies in community engagement, organizing, and environmental justice. Learn new tools and join the conversation.

Register: http://bit.ly/47TBEk8

#ClimateJustice #EnergyDemocracy #JustTransition

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We’re halfway through the 2026 MN legislative session.

🪄 If you could magically pass one law to make Minnesota a better place to live, what would it be?

🦢 In early spring mated swans start their annual courtship by building nests on grassy hummocks or muskrat houses. 🪹

Last year's young start their own journey, but a lifelong mate won't be found until they are 2-7 years old. This will be their summer of fun & freedom! 🤟🫶✌️

#WildlifeWednesday

Our groundwater isn’t unlimited.

Big industrial water users like data centers shouldn't drain our groundwater! 💧 MN lawmakers must act NOW to protect our water for future generations. 🌱💙

#MNLeg #DataCenters #WaterIsLife #ProtectMNWater #CleanWater

🌾 Celebrate Earth Day Early at Univ of MN, Morris! 📖 Join Dave Hage & Josephine Marcotty for a Sea of Grass talk, Q&A, & book signing at 7 PM! 🌎🎉

#SeaOfGrass #AmericanPrairie #BookSigning #MinnesotaAuthors #EarthDayEvent

Forest Service's Grand Rapids research office slated to close The office is one of 47 research and development facilities closing amid a major reorganization of the agency. The Superior and Chippewa offices and their staffing are not impacted.

🌲📉The U.S. Forest Service plans to close its Grand Rapids research office—pulling scientists out of the very forests they study. That hurts rural jobs and weakens research that protects Minnesota’s forest ecosystems.

#RuralMinnesota #Forests #PublicLands #ScienceMatters #RuralResearch #MNForests

Almanac | ‘Sea of Grass’ Authors | Season 2025 | Episode 37 Dave Hage and Josephine Marcotty on their book about the decline of the American prairie.

Catch Dave Hage & Josephine Marcotty on Almanac? 🌾📺

Join the Sea of Grass authors for a reading at UMN Morris, April 17 at 7pm. Dig deeper into the past, present & future of the American prairie & what’s at stake for all of us. 🌿

#SeaOfGrass #UMM #Morris #PrairieVoices #BookTalk #TPTAlmanac

Clean water. Clean air. Accountability.
Join us April 7 to hold polluters and decision-makers accountable at a legislative hearing on Polluter Capture. Our communities deserve better and our voices matter.

RSVP: sc.org/mn-hearing

#EnvironmentalJustice #MNLeg #CleanWater #CleanAir

Fields and Forests Solar 101 · Solar United Neighbors Join the co-op at https://solarunitedneighbors.org/FieldsAndForests Learn about solar energy and its benefits for your home, or small business. We’ll take you through the technology, economics, financing and more. You’ll also learn about the Solar Co-op in your area. The program is free to join, and members are not obligated to buy solar panels. Members will get: • A free review of your roof to see if solar panels will work for you • One-on-one support for all your questions about going solar • Help with installer proposals, selection and installation expectations This presentation...

🌞 Thinking about solar for your home or business in Cass, Crow Wing, Morrison, Todd or Wadena County? Join Solar United Neighbors free Solar 101 online event on 4/9, 6:30–8p! Learn about solar with no obligation to buy.

#SolarUnitedNeighbors #SUN #CleanEnergy #SolarCoop #GoSolar #RenewableEnergy

Summit Sold Its Midwest Pipeline as a Carbon Solution. Now, It’ll Be Used for Fossil Fuels. - Inside Climate News The pivot reveals a company adapting to Trump’s “drill, baby, drill” agenda and looking to cash in on recently boosted tax incentives for enhanced oil recovery.

In Dec 2024, MN PUC approved Summit's 28-mi CO₂ pipeline, ignoring risks of boosting oil via Enhanced Oil Recovery. 🛢️ Now, Summit is saying it themselves: their pipeline would feed CO₂ to major oil basins to boost production through EOR.

#MNPUC #Summit #CO2Pipeline #EOR #CCUS #DrillBabyDrill

Demand Data Center Action ⋆ CURE Concerned about hyperscale data centers?The moment is now. The legislature has two months to pass a package of data center bills to adequately protect our communities and shared natural resources and ...

🤖 Big Tech plans 12+ hyperscale data centers in MN! ⏰ MN lawmakers must protect our land, water, and communities! Act now at CURE's DataCentersMN.org! 👀 #MNLeg #BigTech #DataCenters #Transparency #TakeAction

Need NOT Greed 🛢️ + Even Robots Need Rules 🤖 + Too Fast Too Furious 💧 ⋆ CURE Public Need! Not Big Oil Greed! 🛢️  CURE is working with MN allies to improve laws around big oil pipelines in our state. This bill (HF 4377/SF 4554) would add needed clarity to our existing policies so that any company seeking a Certificate of Need in Minnesota for an oil pipeline would provide a forecast of demand […]

📝 Just dropped: Field Notes — CURE’s Monthly Dispatch! This month featuring:

️🛢 Public Need! Not Big Oil Greed!
🤖 Even Robots Need Rules. Demand Data Center Action.
💧 Too Fast Too Furious: Unregulated Public Ag Drainage Systems

Stay informed, stay engaged 👉 Read the full March edition.

Competing for power: Minnesota tribal nation, electric utility tangle over solar energy’s future The state Public Utilities Commission is weighing whether a tribal nation that buys power from a local electric cooperative can also operate its own massive solar array that may harm the co-op. The case raises questions of state law and tribal sovereignty.

The Upper Sioux Community built a large solar array 2 years ago, designing it so it would power a tribal business & not impact the local power grid. But, the Tribe's project has sparked major conflict with rural electric co-op, MN Valley Coop. Light & Power Assoc. #EnergySovereignty #SolarPower

Local View: Minnesota Power, what's your plan? Minnesotans, what's ours? From the column: "These corporations and their shareholders don’t ... take the climate crisis seriously ... when there’s money to be made from furthering the climate crisis."

⚡️Duluth resident Jenna Yeakle asks: who should MN’s energy future belong to? Her answer: the people who live here—not BlackRock or Big Tech. Read her op‑ed about charting our OWN course to a clean, reliable, affordable energy future.

#PeoplePower #EnergyDemocracy #DuluthMN #CleanEnergy #MNPower

Minnesota utilities deploy 'magic balls' to help clean energy transition A device that looks like a high-tech bowling ball that can be attached to power lines can open up excess capacity on electric transmission lines, paving the way for more solar and wind power–and cost savings for consumers.

⚡Great River Energy leads with low-cost solutions, using "Smart Sensors" to unlock 60% more power line capacity, boosting wind & solar to homes & farms! 👏🌬️🌞

#CooperativePower #CleanEnergy #GridInnovation #MemberOwned #MNenergy #LowCostSolutions

Tomorrow, Minnesotans stand up everywhere—from cities to small towns—demanding leaders who work for people, not power or profit. Find your rally, bring a friend. Minnesota shows up. 🗣️🤝✊ 🇺🇸

#NoKings #PeoplePower #StandUpMN #MNStrong #FreeSpeech

What can Community Benefit Agreements (CBAs) do in the face of hyperscale data centers? What are their limits? 🧐 Get some clarity by watching our most recent webinar with Sarah K. Friedman (Better Data Center Project), Hudson Kingston (CURE), Sarah Mooradian (CURE).

https://youtu.be/aA7aEzgaR9E

Iron Range project targets supply of critical metals - The Timberjay REGIONAL — For Keith Steva, the idea began not with a business plan, but with a question of environmental responsibility. “I don’t want our grandkids in 30 or 40 years to say what did our …

♻️💡 From the Iron Range: a MN company turns e‑waste into opportunity—recovering metals, creating jobs & protecting the planet. 🌱🔧

#IronRange #RuralInnovation #Ewaste #zerowaste #MinnesotaIngenuity

Almanac - Google Data Center - Twin Cities PBS Kaomi Lee on the secrecy over “Project Loon” and bipartisan support for transparency.

🤖 Google’s proposed hyperscale data center in Hermantown advanced under NDAs, hiding its impacts to water & power use. Bipartisan momentum is pushing to ban these kind of NDAs & ensure full environmental review. Minnesotans deserve answers.

#NoMoreNDAs #DataCenters #MNLeg #MNPower #HermantownMN

Swing-spring means sap season! ❄️🌷 When temps rise above 30°, trees move sap. That sap becomes maple syrup for humans — and it’s also a favorite snack of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker!🪽 Look for 'corn on the cob' holes. 🍁 #WildlifeWednesday

Feeling Scared to Vote? ⋆ CURE As a Minnesota Voter, you have protections. And options! 📩 Vote by Mail. 🗳️ Vote Early. 👥 Bring Someone to Assist You to the Polls. Download in English Descargar en español Ku soo dejiso Isbaanish You Have Protections as a Voter You have the right to vote if you are a U.S. citizen, at least […]

The 2026 midterm elections have been in the news recently, with debate around Voter ID laws and mail-in voting deadlines at the federal level. 🗳️🇺🇸 We’re sharing what’s true about voting in Minnesota right now & will keep this page updated if things change.

#MNVotes #MinnesotaElections #VotingRights

🍃🎁 Have you ever found something special along a trail? While walking along trails in the metro we came across these secret sculptures on logs!🚶🏽‍♀️

🌳 We challenge you to make some nature art and share with us here...what will you make today? 🖼️

Your rising power bill is fueling some sweet, sweet profits for Minnesota utilities • Minnesota Reformer The 110 investor-owned utilities included in the report had an average profit margin of 12.8% from 2021 to 2024 and 14.6% in 2025. Xcel and Otter Tail were in the top 40 both years.

Energy bills are rising and so are utility profits. It raises a simple question: who is our energy system working for? Rural communities deserve affordable, transparent, people-first solutions.

#EnergyJustice #RuralVoices #MNPolitics #CleanEnergy #UtilityAccountability

🏡 Join us Tuesday for the Data Centers & Community Benefit Agreements webinar! Discover what they are, their potential & limits, plus considerations for local governments negotiating with data center developers. 📝

Register 👉 https://bit.ly/DataCentersCBA

#DataCenters #CommunityBenefitAgreements