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  • 2025 Fall Webinar Series

    When a Data Center Comes to Town: What Are Minnesota Communities Getting (or Losing) from Data Centers?

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    Giant tech companies like Meta, Google, and Amazon are building massive data centers across the country in anticipation of generative AI uses. But do these data centers benefit the communities they’re built in? What sort of impact do they have on the people who live around them, the water and land, the environment and our…

  • Why Are Our Electric Utilities Structured Like This?

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    Have you ever wondered how the electric utility industry works? Or why its financing, business practices, technologies, resources, and regulatory structures look the way they do in various places around…

  • November Policy Team Meeting

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    Engaging in policy brings climate action to scale – and everyone has a voice to share. This month we’ll talk about what we’re learning from COP 30 and how we can work meaningfully in this moment of our planet’s climate crisis. We’ll also cover actions that are important to bring to our policymakers now. CLICK…

  • December Policy Team Meeting

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    MNIPL has several legislative goals we’re aiming to support this session. Learn about them and see what might resonate for your community group or congregation. We’ll be planning ways to support this work at the State Capitol this year. CLICK HERE TO RSVP!

  • 2025 Community Climate Resilience Network

    Community Climate Resilience Hubs – December Gathering

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    Our Minnesota communities are already feeling the impacts of climate change, from widespread drought to bigger and more dangerous storms. Our neighbors are going to need support in building the relationships, infrastructure, and support to prevent and adapt to the realities of climate disruption. Minnesota’s communities of faith,  and community organizations are uniquely poised to…

  • 2026 MNIPL Winter Book Club

    MNIPL Winter Book Club: Here Comes the Sun

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    This winter, MNIPL is launching a Winter Book Club to read inspiring works speaking to this moment in our collective climate crisis. If you've been wondering how to access hope for your continued work on climate action, these books are for you! Please join us! Every month January - March, we’ll read a recent book…

  • 2026 MNIPL Winter Book Club

    MNIPL Winter Book Club: Mini-Forest Revolution

    Zoom

    This winter, MNIPL is launching a Winter Book Club to read inspiring works speaking to this moment in our collective climate crisis. If you've been wondering how to access hope for your continued work on climate action, these books are for you! Please join us! Every month January - March, we’ll read a recent book…