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The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) invites you to
join us at our upcoming community listening sessions on the Clean Power Plan.
The Clean Power Plan is the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency’s (EPA) new rule requiring states to cut carbon dioxide emissions from
existing power plants (for more information, visit www.epa.gov/cleanpowerplan). The
Clean Power Plan will encourage the development of cleaner energy and energy
conservation. EPA has set a target for states to meet, and the MPCA must now
develop a plan to comply with EPA’s rule. Before we develop our plan, we want
to hear what Minnesotans’ interests and concerns are related to the Clean Power
Plan and clean energy.
We have four events coming up around Minnesota to hear from you!
The events will start with an open house where MPCA staff will be available to
answer questions and chat with stakeholders one-on-one. The listening session
will immediately follow the open house. We’ll provide a bit of background on
the Clean Power Plan and our expected schedules and requirements, and most
importantly, will listen to what YOU have to say.
All meetings will follow this schedule:
- 5:30PM-6:30PM:
Open house/talk one-on-one with MPCA staff
- 6:30PM-8PM:
Meeting/listening session begins
MPCA staff will be available for follow up questions after
the meeting
Meeting locations:
- February
2: Southwest Minnesota State University Conference Center, Upper Ballroom,
Marshall, MN (event flyer here)
- February
9: St. Cloud State University, Atwood Memorial Center, Voyageurs Room, St.
Cloud, MN (event flyer here)
- February
16: Bemidji State University, the American Indian Resource Center’s Gathering
Place, Bemidji, MN (event flyer here)
- February
23: University of Minnesota–Duluth, Engineering Building, Rooms 265/231,
Duluth, MN (event flyer here)
We will be holding additional events in the coming months –
stay tuned! If you cannot make one of the meetings, we will be providing
opportunities to express interests and concerns on our website. The website is
still under development, but we’ll be sure to send out an update when it’s
launched!
We encourage you to use and distribute the flyers linked
above to pass this information on to anyone who might be interested.
If you have any questions about these events, please contact
CleanPowerPlan.PCA@state.mn.us.
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