Hello Minneapolis Folks,
This is a very significant victory for everyone in our state. Many people deserve credit inluding all of those organizations and companies listed below, and all the elected and government officials that have worked tirelessly on this issue.
Great first step towards improving our air quality in Minnesota.
We can all help by reducing our own energy usage, and reducing our use of the automobile.
1) Visit Xcel Energy's website http://www.xcelenergy.com/XLWEB/CDA/0,2914,1-1-2-2-5_538_969-0,00.html to find out what more about energy efficiency tools. Take the test that will help you start saving energy and money today.
2) Start or increase your use of public transit and use your bicycle as another tranisit option.
Thanks again for everyones hard work on this issue. I have been smiling all weekend.
Respectfully,
Ken Bradley
Corcoran Neighborhood
Sierra Club Legislative Chair
Multiple parties, including Xcel Energy and environmental groups, announced today they reached a settlement on converting two metro-area Xcel Energy coal plants to natural gas. The Riverside Coal Plant, the single largest source of pollution in the City of Minneapolis, would be converted to natural gas by 2009.
Mayor Rybak also would like to specifically acknowledge the many, many groups that organized and lobbied for conversion. This is an incomplete list:
Izaak Walton League, Sierra Club, Minnesotans for an
Energy-Efficient Economy, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy,
Environmental Justice Advocates of Minnesota, The Minnesota Project, North
American Water Office, Clean Water Action Alliance, American Lung Association of Minnesota, the
American Academy of Pediatrics, the Minnesota/Twin Cities Asthma Coalition,
the Minnesota Children�s Healt h Environmental Network, the School Nurses of
Minnesota and the Women�s Cancer Resource Center, Minnesota Interfaith Climate Change Campaign of the Minnesota Council of Churches.
Neighborhood groups throughout Minneapolis and St. Paul filing resolutions
of support: Audubon, Bottineau, Hawthorne, Linden Hills, Marcy Holmes,
Marshall Terrace, Prospect Park, Powderhorn Park, St. Anthony West, Seward,
Sheridan, Shingle Creek, Southeast Como, Victory, Waite Park and Windom Park
neighborhoods in Minneapolis and the Daytons Bluff, Mac-Groveland, Merriam
Park, St. Anthony Park and West Side Citizens Organization in St. Paul.
Other community coalitions and organizations: Mississippi Corridor
Neighborhood Coalition, Minnesota Public Interest Research Group,
Minneapolis Urban League, Clean Energy Now (send care of Andrea Kiepe at
Clean Water Action Alliance)
Laura Sether
Office of Mayor Rybak
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