Chapter News
The Mississippi Headwaters Chapter Advocacy Committee is tracking and supporting legislation related to sustainability in the built environment. Each month we will highlight key bills. Please contact your local state representatives and senators via email and phone and urge them to support these important bills.
Find your legislators here: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/Districtfinder.asp
HF 680 –Federal Stimulus Funding. Provides direction for the use of Federal stimulus funding for energy programs
SF 549 – Sensible Communities. Provides Greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals for state programs – per capita reduction in vehicle miles traveled to reduce greenhouse gases.
Additional Legislation:
HF 59 - Establishes Environmental Justice Act
HF 610/SF 308 – Green Cleaning for Schools
HF 164 - State plan for green infrastructure, energy efficiency funding, renewable for schools, green industrial parks, solar certification lab
SF 444 – Greenhouse gas emissions registry
HF 529 – Appropriating money through sale of bonds for grants to design of renewable energy products
HF 569/SF 477 – Recycling paint products to reduce solid waste -
HF 214/SF 249 – Allow school boards to form entity for wind energy project – exempt form production tax
HF 5/SF 5 – Funding for energy efficient residences, public cbuildings, renewable energy for public schools, green industrial parks
HF 451/SF 316 - tax credit for small scale wind power installations
Please contact your local state representatives and senators via email and phone and urge them to support these important bills.
Find your legislators here: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/Districtfinder.asp
Transformation- the USGBC-Mississippi Headwaters Chapter Newsletter
Our Chapter publishes a quarterly newsletter. The information contained in the USGBC-Mississippi Headwaters Chapter newsletter, Transformation,
is drawn from the organization, related groups and reliable news sources. Accuracy of information is based on its original source. News coverage does not imply endorsement by USGBC. Submissions are welcome and will be evaluated on a case by case basis. The USGBC-Mississippi Headwaters Chapter reserves the right to edit any submitted content. If you would like to contribute to the newsletter, please contact Editor Vicki Knutsen at editor@usgbcmn.orgDownload the Summer 2009 Newsletter ( PDF)
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