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Minnesota House passes 100% clean energy bill: Legislation would require the state’s electricity grid to be 100% carbon-free in 17 years.
Alpha News ^ | 01/27/2023 | Anthony Gockowski

Posted on 01/27/2023 8:28:10 PM PST by SeekAndFind

The Minnesota House passed legislation after seven hours of debate late Thursday night that would require the state’s electricity grid to be 100% carbon-free in 17 years.

This is an unrealistic timeline that could endanger the lives of Minnesotans if it fails while causing their electricity bills to skyrocket, Republicans argued throughout the night.

They unsuccessfully offered several amendments to the bill, including lifting the state’s moratorium on new nuclear power plants, allowing for the use of carbon sequestration technologies, and delaying the standard to consider its impact on child and slave labor in the green energy supply chain.

Rep. Kaela Berg says it is “offensive” to her “black and brown colleagues” to discuss the use of child and slave labor in the green energy industry. pic.twitter.com/x1wZK6twuV

— Alpha News (@AlphaNewsMN) January 27, 2023

“Frankly, what this bill will be doing today is making Minnesota reliant on nations around the globe that have no labor standards and no environmental standards. Minnesota in this bill will build a clean grid economy on the backs of child slaves in China and poor environmental regulations in Indonesia and the Congo,” Rep. Spencer Igo, R-Wabana Township, said at a press conference ahead of the debate.

He said the resources to build a clean energy future are right in Minnesota’s backyard, yet the federal government has now banned mining on 250,000 acres of the Iron Range.

“The third-largest deposits of copper, nickel and cobalt that exist in the known world are only 250 miles north of this Capitol. Instead of investing in those resources … we have decided to export it around the world where carbon emissions will be 20, 25, or 30 times higher than if we were to do it here in Minnesota,” he continued.

They also expressed concern with the fact that the bill was only heard in one committee before moving to the floor.

Republicans have nicknamed the legislation the “blackout bill,” arguing that using wind and solar alone is unreliable.

“We want to make sure that in Minnesota we are never in a situation where we are having rolling blackouts because here in Minnesota that creates unsafe and dangerous environments,” said Rep. Anne Neu Brindley, R-North Branch, who noted that it took 29 years to reach roughly 20% carbon-free energy in Minnesota.

“In the next 17 years, we have to get to 100%, and we’re not going to do it with nuclear. We’re not really going to do it with hydro. We’re not going to do it with natural gas, we’re not going to do it with clean coal, we’re not going to do it with carbon capture,” she said. “We’re going to do this with wind and solar.”

House Majority Leader Jamie Long, DFL-Minneapolis, lead author of the bill, said addressing climate change is a top concern of Minnesota voters.

“Minnesotans are demanding we take action on climate change,” he said during a press conference. “In my lifetime, the average January low temperature in Minnesota has warmed by nine degrees. These changes are having real impacts, they’re having impacts on our way of life.”

“We also know that it’s having more serious impacts like the severe rain events that we are seeing with increasing frequency on our farms and in our communities and infrastructure,” he said.

Long claimed his bill provides flexibility for utilities and is “technology neutral,” though Republicans disagreed with that claim.

The bill passed in a vote of 70-60 and will now head to the Minnesota Senate.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: carbonpropaganda; cleanenergy; climatehoax; energy; fakescience; greenenergy; minnesota; scam
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1 posted on 01/27/2023 8:28:10 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
MinneTards - the state that is controlled by a 55 mile by 70 mile rectumangle.
2 posted on 01/27/2023 8:29:35 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: SeekAndFind
Get ready for neighboring states to make a killing sending power to Minnesota.
3 posted on 01/27/2023 8:32:20 PM PST by wildcard_redneck (Germans are bat-crap crazy for cold showers, high energy bills, and boiled turnips.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Minnesota is now deep blue - The Dems made big gains in the Mid-Terms.


4 posted on 01/27/2023 8:34:45 PM PST by EC Washington
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To: SeekAndFind

Means absolutely nothing if China and India ignore “climate change”.


5 posted on 01/27/2023 8:37:16 PM PST by beethovenfan (The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
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To: SeekAndFind

We DeCrEe tHaT MiNnEsOtA wIlL rUn On UnIcOrN fArTs By 2047!


6 posted on 01/27/2023 8:47:15 PM PST by Skywise
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To: SeekAndFind

F’tards!


7 posted on 01/27/2023 8:47:47 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: SeekAndFind

Lots and lots of solar panels. They work great in around Internatiinal falls


8 posted on 01/27/2023 8:48:15 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: SeekAndFind

17 seems oddly specific.


9 posted on 01/27/2023 8:49:58 PM PST by ARW
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I demand free beer for everyone by 2025!


10 posted on 01/27/2023 8:51:54 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: ARW

even if it adds up to 2030 ?


11 posted on 01/27/2023 8:52:44 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: beethovenfan

Means nothing because stopping climate change is a haox. A power grab.


12 posted on 01/27/2023 8:53:59 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Since almost every living thing has carbon, will robots and aliens from NonCarboville run whatever paltry electricity they manage to generate?


13 posted on 01/27/2023 8:54:31 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: SeekAndFind

Not the Bee.


14 posted on 01/27/2023 8:54:34 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Welcome to Florida!


15 posted on 01/27/2023 8:57:09 PM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: SeekAndFind

Should work great with freezing winters!


16 posted on 01/27/2023 9:02:23 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything. )
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"Minnesota House passes 100% clean energy bill: Legislation would require the state’s electricity grid to be 100% carbon-free in 17 years."

Only a liberal fool would try to outlaw 100% of carbon emissions. Some freezing winter they may be dismayed to learn that fools are combustible.
17 posted on 01/27/2023 9:11:07 PM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: clearcarbon

I fail to understand why the State’s fuel dealers can’t put those legislators on a ‘Do Not Sell’ list. Let them set the example and stop delivering fuel or propane to them and all their relatives.


18 posted on 01/27/2023 9:14:30 PM PST by GreyHoundSailor
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To: Gene Eric

Yes. To pick 2030 you gotta calculate you need 17 years to get there.


19 posted on 01/27/2023 9:16:02 PM PST by ARW
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To: SeekAndFind

So, how many trees will need to be cut to
enable enough solar panels installed to
power the state’s energy needs?
Best be saving those cut down trees for
firewood.
It’s also not a very windy state, and
rows upon rows of wind turbines won’t
contribute to additional electrical
supply.
The land of 10,000 lakes...how about
renaming to The land of 10,000,000
Solar Panels.


20 posted on 01/27/2023 9:22:13 PM PST by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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