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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.
Project CAR nears 1,000 free emissions repairs
Project Clean Air Repair (Project CAR) is approaching a milestone that felt distant when the program launched in 2017: it’s 1,000th free vehicle emissions repair.
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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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