Green Business Awards: Partnership Award
On November 5, Environmental Initiative was honored by the City of Minneapolis City Council with a Green Business Award. The Green Business Awards honor businesses and organizations that work to...
Helping Neighbors Breathe Easier
Two Saint Paul auto body shops voluntarily reduced emissions to help staff and neighbors breathe easier. Raymond Auto Body and O’Keefee Collision voluntarily installed new equipment that will reduce harmful...
Putting a CAAP on Air Pollution (Now in St. Paul!)
The Clean Air Assistance Project (CAAP) has officially completed its first emissions reduction project! As part of Clean Air Minnesota’s efforts to improve the state’s air quality, Environmental Initiative is working with...
Introducing the Clean Air Assistance Project
Surprise! We launched a new project! Well, sort of… Previously known as our Area Source Emission Reduction project, the Clean Air Assistance Project is an effort to connect businesses with grants and...
Minneapolis Recognized Nationally for their Green Business Cost Sharing Program
Big congratulations are in order for the City of Minneapolis! Earlier this month, the National Association of County and City Health Officials’ (NACCHO) awarded the Model Practice Award to the...
MPCA Offers Grants to Small Businesses to Reduce Emissions
Are you a small business with less than 100 employees? Are you interested in reducing the use of chemicals known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs)? Have you thought about improving...
EMISSION REDUCTION SUCCESSES AND NEW STUDY BUILD SUPPORT FOR ONGOING EFFORTS TO IMPROVE MINNESOTA’S AIR QUALITY
As we complete preparations for the next phase of Clean Air Minnesota – the state’s ongoing public and private partnership on air quality, this is a good time to take stock of...
BUSINESSES PARTNER WITH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO REDUCE EMISSIONS
Is there something in the air? Thanks to the work of several local businesses, the answer is actually, “less pollution!” The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and City of Minneapolis both...
AREA SOURCE EMISSIONS AND VOCS: SMALLER, DISPERSED SOURCES OF POLLUTION
What can I say about area source emissions, or VOCs, that hasn’t been said already? Probably a lot, because many people don’t know what the heck I’m talking about… Long story...
ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE NAMED LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH HERO
The City of Minneapolis recently named Environmental Initiative a “Local Public Health Hero.” How cool is that? This award was presented by the Minneapolis Health Department as part of their...