A "yes" vote would have included improved greenhouse gas reduction goals in SF 972 so that Minnesota's economy wide emissions are net zero by the year 2050.
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 "yes" vote means Clean Energy First would have been included within SF 972, creating a mechanism for the Public Utilities Commission to prioritize clean energy projects in new energy permits while promoting family sustaining jobs in the clean energy transformation already underway.
