Celebrating Earth Day and highlighting DEED’s clean tech and green energy priorities
22 Apr 2022
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On this Earth Day, I’d like to highlight DEED’s clean tech and green energy priorities included in the Walz-Flanagan Budget to Move Minnesota Forward. These priorities are aimed at helping grow our workforce by building a clean tech labor force pipeline; addressing climate change by stimulating the electrification of businesses’ vehicle fleets; and creating economic opportunity by assisting communities facing power plant closures with diversifying their economies and finding new opportunities for quality jobs and economic growth.
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