The energy we use in Minnesota is directly connected to the quantity and quality of our water. Energy production is the largest consumer of water in the state and the old ways of generating power which rely on burning fossil fuels or nuclear fission harm our health and our environment.

Ending future energy dependence on fossil fuels such as coal, oil and nuclear.

Achieving energy independence by investing in local sources such as wind and solar and maximizing conservation and efficiency measure to reduce fuel use and costs.

Built By Michigan: Creating Jobs in the Electric Vehicle Industry

Electric cars are the future of the automobile industry and a key to innovation and leadership in technology and manufacturing in the 21st Century. Our state pioneered the auto industry and now we are at the vanguard of its future.

Clean Water Fund and Clean Water Action are taking the trash out of waterways and reducing the plastic burden on the environment and public health. The extent of trash's impact on our water is stunning. In 1999, a voyage across the North Pacific Ocean by the Algalita Marine Research Foundation's Capt. Charles Moore focused the world's attention on the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch". Our trash gets caught in a "gyre," or a concentric pattern of ocean current accumulates. The result is the Garbage Patch - vortex from which there is no exit. It spans most of the ocean from our West Coast to China. 

See a news report on Taking Out the Trash and Learn about the sources of the problem and trash entering San Francisco Bay.