Minnesota environmental reviews now include climate impact
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Minnesota regulators now require developers to calculate projects' effects on the climate. Environmental officials have been pondering incorporating climate impacts into the review process since 2019. Business groups, farmers and local governments warned that more regulations would raise building costs. Only about 100 projects typically large ones go through the environmental review process annually.
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Minnesota environmental reviews now include climate impact
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota environmental regulators are now requiring developers to calculate projects' effects on the climate. The state's environmental review process requires regulators to consider a project's potential impact on the land, air, water and animals.
By Kirsti Marohn Minnesota’s environmental review process will now require developers of new highways, industrial plants, livestock feedlots and large housing developments to calculate their project’s carbon footprint and consider how to reduce their impact on the climate. Climate activists say the changes, which have been in the works since 2019, are long overdue. “This […] The post Minnesota changes environmental review to measure climate impa…
Minnesota changes environmental review to measure climate impacts
BRAINERD, Minn. Minnesota’s environmental review process will now require developers of new highways, industrial plants, livestock feedlots and large housing developments to calculate their project’s carbon footprint and consider how to reduce their impact on the climate. Climate activists say the changes, which have been in the works since 2019, are long overdue. “This is a really big deal for Minnesota,” said Amelia Vohs, regulatory attor…