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They’re doing a great job at really doing what they were supposed to to in the first place

Three years on, Minnesota’s climate change initiative spurring projects across the state

Another summer-like day, another air quality alert. Now almost an annual recurrence, hazy skies from Canadian wildfire smoke beg the question: If the underlying cause is climate change, what are we doing about it? In Minnesota, it’s quite a lot.

Funny, they weren’t worried about air quality when BLM/Democrats were torching businesses in….Democrat/Black areas

Leading that effort is Kate Knuth, the climate director with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). (snip)

In addition to addressing the causes of climate change, much of the work focuses on mitigating its impacts. For wildfire smoke, people can stay indoors or wear a mask outdoors. To deal with increasing rains, cities can improve stormwater and wastewater systems.

Got that? The cult’s big idea is to stay indoors or wear a mask. Glad the citizens of Minn are spending lots of money on this! And, isn’t rather a function of cities to deal with sewers?

Now entering its third year, the Climate Action Framework is undergoing an update to be rolled out this fall. Changes may include ideas from a public comment period that received about 200 responses, Knuth said.

“People are excited to help move the state forward on climate, they are really engaged,” she said. Knuth said many have attended information meetings in-person and virtual.

200? That’s all who were excited?

For instance, the state received $200 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program for “climate-smart” food systems projects in Minnesota. This includes agriculture, with grant applications due July 9 to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture for the market development of cover crops, a tool for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Sounds like a nice slush fund.

The majority of climate grants to communities address stormwater. With increasing rainfall and severe storms, managing stormwater becomes more challenging for cities, particularly smaller ones in rural areas.

It’s, again, literally the job of the cities and states, a basic civic function, nothing to do with the climate scam.

More than 3,000 Minnesotans helped shape the Climate Action Framework. An MPCA statement says the CAF “sets a vision for how the state will address and prepare for climate change. It identifies immediate, near-term actions to achieve the long-term goal of a carbon-neutral, resilient, and equitable future for Minnesota.”

The main goals of the CAF include: “Clean transportation, climate-smart natural and working lands, resilient communities, clean energy and efficient buildings, healthy lives and communities, and clean economy.”

In other words, to force Other People to comply. I’d love to see a breakdown on how many of those 3,000 are driving EVs, taking a bus, and using “clean energy.”