Sen. Ann H. Rest

A "yes" vote sets Minnesota on a path to carbon-free electricity by 2040, aims to reduce pollution in areas of environmental justice, and requires the clean energy transformation underway to pay family sustaining wages.

A "no" vote means Clean Energy First was not included within SF 972, maintaining a system through which new fossil fuel-based electric plants can be permitted instead of cleaner technologies.

A "yes" vote would have acknowledged that human-created greenhouse gas emissions are the leading cause of climate change.

A "yes" vote reinstates the nuclear energy moratorium, maintaining Minnesota's permitting freeze on new nuclear energy developments.