Sen. Chris A. Eaton

A "yes" vote maintains regulations that safeguard Minnesota’s water resources.

A "yes" vote creates a local climate resiliency program providing $880,000 toward helping municipalities and tribes respond to climate change.

A "yes" vote means Clean Energy First would have been included within SF 972, creating a mechanism for the Public Utilities Commission to prioritize clean energy projects in new energy permits while promoting family sustaining jobs in the clean energy transformation already underway.

A "yes" vote would have acknowledged that human-created greenhouse gas emissions are the leading cause of climate change.