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Minnesota Environmental Reviews Now Include Climate Impact
"This is a really big deal for Minnesota," said Amelia Vohs, attorney for the nonprofit Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy.
December 27, 2022
Minnesota environmental regulators are now requiring developers to calculate projects' effects on the climate.
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The state's environmental review process requires regulators to consider a project's potential impact on the land, air, water and animals. Minnesota Public Radio reported Monday that the state Environmental Quality Board voted Dec. 14 to amend the process to require developers to calculate how much carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases they'll pump into the atmosphere and list methods they considered to reduce those emissions.
"This is a really big deal for Minnesota," said Amelia Vohs, regulatory attorney for the nonprofit Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, which pushed for the change. "We weren't counting greenhouse gas emissions for projects before we permitted them before."
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