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Be air aware with the Air Quality Index
Do you know how air quality can affect your health? You might not be able to see it, but the air you breathe could contain dangerous pollutants. The Air Quality Index can let you know what the quality of the air outside is before you open a window or step out for a walk.
Standing together for Earth Day
Mike Harley reflects on the meaning and power of Earth Day in Minnesota.
An Uptown Minneapolis auto body repair shop is proving cleaner air starts in the garage
Hagen’s Auto Body recently completed a major transition to water-based paint. Thanks to Clean Air Assistance Project and the City of Minneapolis Green Cost Share Program, this switch created a safer, more productive work environment and significantly reduces emissions of volatile organic compounds.
Explore MRCC's Impact
Regenerative agriculture practice adoption doesn’t just start in the field. It starts with the value chain: buyers creating demand, partners sharing risk, and networks making new practices feel possible. In 2025, the Midwest Row Crop Collaborative (MRCC) focused on building the human and strategic infrastructure that makes farm-level change possible, convening corporate and NGO partners across food, feed, and fuel supply chains to advance shared solutions in the Midwest.
Project CAR nears 1,000 free emissions repairs
This spring, Project Clean Air Repair added three new garages to it’s network — Meineke Car Care Center in Ham Lake, Tran Auto and Transmission Service in Brooklyn Park, and 4th Street Auto Repair in Duluth. This continued expansion brings the program one step closer to 1,000 repairs, which we expect to reach by this summer.
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