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Data Centers - A Threat To Minnesota's Water
Data centers are popping up across the country as the dependency on cloud computing and Artificial Intelligence increases. These centers require millions of gallons of water and huge amounts of electricity each year to cool the facility and run efficiently. Minnesotans shouldn’t be left on the hook for multi-billion-dollar companies seeking tax breaks to run facilities that not only monopolize but also poison our water.
Factsheet - Test and Report Phthalates In Packaged Food Bill (MN SF 188 of 2025)
Plasticizers called phthalates are showing up in the foods we eat — sometimes at very high levels. SF 188 (Gustafson) will encourage companies to reduce phthalate levels in their food products and help consumers avoid food with high levels of harmful plastic chemicals.
Minnesota Currents | Winter 2024
In This Issue: 2024 Legislative Session & What the Election Outcome Means | Tackling The Problem Of E-Waste | Environmental Justice: Wins and Goals | Procurement and You | National Updates: 2024 Election Results and Our Work - The Safe Drinking Water Act: 50 Years of Progress — But the Work is Never Finished - A Win for Our Water: Progress On Getting Lead Out Of Drinking Water. | Brunch For Better
Minnesota Currents | Summer 2024
In This Issue: National Update | Tackling PFAS: Where Do We Start? | | Amara's Law Implementation | East Phillips Advances Environmental Justice | Implementing the Cumulative Impacts Law | Election Updates | Meet Morgan Schafer
New Zero Waste Organizer in Minnesota
Minnesota 2023 PFAS Prevention Package: Amara's Law
In 2023, Minnesota passed the strongest PFAS prevention legislation in the country. The legislation was named Amara's Law after Amara Strande, a young woman who grew up in an area contaminated by PFAS and diagnosed with an exceedingly rare form of cancer. Amara advocated and testified in support of the bills banning all non-essential use of PFAS chemicals, requiring manufacturers who are selling products in Minnesota to disclose if PFAS chemicals are present, and to close a loophole in the 2019 bill that ended the use of PFAS in firefighting foam.
