News - Northwest Region

  • Minnesota Green Step Cities: Taking Action with proven best practices
    July 23, 2010

    http://www.cleanenergyresourceteams.org/greensteps

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  • Go Green Club has sunny objectives
    June 14, 2010

    By Jenna Gibson, The Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN

    As a sophomore in high school, Emily Schick saw a problem at her school and decided to fix it.

    The Byron High School student noticed that class

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  • Schools Cutting Carbon Wins Award for Energy & Climate Protection
    June 8, 2010

    The Minnesota Environmental Initiative Awards are held every year to recognize outstanding partnerships.

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  • Earth Day 2010 at the Capitol a huge success!
    April 22, 2010

    Students from across the state gathered in the Rotunda at the Minnesota State Capitol this Earth Day to talk about actions they’re taking to reduce the carbon footprints of their schools.

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  • Minnesota Schools Cutting Carbon awards $200,000 in grants to 23 schools across the state for student-led energy projects
    February 4, 2010

    MnSCC has announced the award of over $200,000 in 19 grants to 23 public high schools, colleges and universities across Minnesota.

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  • Public Buildings Enhanced Energy Efficiency Programs funding (PBEEEP)
    January 21, 2010

    Schools who are interested in applying for PBEEEP must be entered into the Buildings, Benchmarks, and Beyond Database.

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  • What should schools teach about climate change, global warming?
    December 21, 2009

    What should schools teach about climate change, global warming

    Friday, 18 December 2009
    by Joe Nathan
    Thisweek News

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  • Students Work to Reduce Their Carbon Footprints
    December 14, 2009

    Students Work to Reduce Their Carbon Footprints
    By Stephanie, ABM Intern – Dec 11th, 2009 at 5:35 pm EST

    As the world’s le

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  • As world leaders talk, local schools cutting carbon
    December 14, 2009

    As world leaders talk, local schools cutting carbon
    As world leaders talk, local schools cutting carbon
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  • Project Green Fleet Seeks New School Bus Partners
    October 28, 2009

    Funding has been secured to retrofit approximately 1,000 school buses across Minnesota with diesel oxidation catalysts (DOC) and closed-crankcase filtration systems (CCFS).

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  • Bemidji State University Planner supports "environmental stewardship" theme
    September 24, 2009

    Following Student Senate recommendations, the 2009-2010 Bemidji State University Student Planner is made out of all recycled materials.

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  • Project Partner Project Green Fleet gets $3M grant to reduce diesel emissions
    August 10, 2009

    http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/08/06/stimulus-money-e…

    by Madeleine Baran, Minnesota Public Radio
    August 6, 2009

    St. Paul, Minn.

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