This year’s winners demonstrate the positive impact local governments can have at home and beyond their borders, whether that’s reinvesting in accessible playgrounds that strengthen community connection or raising awareness about threats to our natural resources. We hope these stories encourage others to take bold action at the local level and beyond.
We received more than 6,300 postcards to Minnesota legislators, asking them to keep Minnesota's promise of 100% clean energy by 2040. Our policy associate, James Lehner, delivered those messages in person at the Capitol.
Paraquat, a weed killer, is already banned in 70 countries, but not in the United States. A new bipartisan bill in the Minnesota Senate would end the use of paraquat in Minnesota.
There is no safe level of lead consumption. But lead water service lines remain a persistent problem in Minnesota. Our own James Lehner spoke at the House and Senate Capital Investment Committees on the importance of this funding.
