Clean Air Minnesota

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Clean Air Minnesota
Minnesota Environmental Initiatives
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Clean Air Minnesota

• Voluntary
• Consensus driven
• Collaborative process
• Good for you, good for me
• Emphasis on measurement
• Immediate and deferred results

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Founding partners

• Minnesota Chamber of Commerce (co-chair)
• Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy
  (co-chair)
• 3M
• American Lung Association of Minnesota
• Andersen Corporation
• Barr Engineering
• Bush Foundation
• City of Minneapolis
• Flint Hills Resources
• Ford Motor Company
• Hennepin County

• Izaak Walton League of America - Midwest Office
• Metropolitan Council
• Minnesota Department of Health
• Minnesota Environmental Initiative
• Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance
• Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
• Minnesota Power
• Minnesota Technical Assistance Program at the
  University of Minnesota
• Target Corporation
• U.S. EPA Region V
• Rock - Tenn (Waldorf Corporation)
• Xcel Energy

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Success factors

• Not the usual suspects
• Multiple efforts and approaches
• Focus on interests not positions
• Committed individuals supporting a
• collaborative process

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Accomplishments

• Partners gained
• Emission reductions
• Connecting the dots
• Responsibilities added
• Decision-maker recognition

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Barriers

• Recognition of air quality problems
• Being the first
• Funding
• Unforeseen obstacles
• Its a courtship
• Idea is nice
• Commitments
• Responsibilities

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Lessons learned

• All parties benefit
• All partners are equal
• All make commitments
• All recruit other partners
• Measurement is key to success

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Clean Air Minnesota

• A program of the
• Minnesota Environmental Initiative
• 612-334-3388 ext. 103
• bdroessler_at_mn-ei.org