Jan. 25, 2008: Slow Down to Slow Climate Change?

The Minnesota Climate Change Advisory Groups made its initial recommendations to help the state acheive its ambitious global warming reduction goals.

Star Tribune
Slow Down to Slow Climate Change?
By Bill McAuliffe
Jan. 25, 2008
http://www.startribune.com/local/14299286.html

Tougher emissions standards for new cars, a return of nuclear energy and even lower speed limits could be part of Minnesota's future under a package of recommendations endorsed Thursday by a state climate change panel.

After nine months of analysis, the Minnesota Climate Change Advisory Group approved policies, incentives and studies of long-range options that could reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2025. An official from the Center for Climate Strategies, the research and consulting firm working with the panel, indicated recently that the panel's recommendations could save Minnesota families, businesses and government $9 billion by 2025.

That would put Minnesota well down the road toward the goal of an 80 percent reduction by 2050, which was established by Gov. Tim Pawlenty and the Legislature last year.