ENVIRONMENT:
Environmental degradation and climate change threaten our shared future, and Northeastern Minnesota, with our resource-based economy and heavy reliance on fossil fuels, hyperscale data centers, and threats of copper-sulfide mining is placed particularly at risk. The stakes are high and the moment demands clear, decisive action to meet the scale of our problems and to move us to a clean energy future that includes and protects everyone, especially those most vulnerable in frontline communities.
We cannot sit back and allow a handful of billionaire Big Tech oligarchs to make decisions that will reshape our economy, our environment, our democracy, and the future of humanity. We need leaders willing to stand up to corporate interests, accelerate landback and reparations as the climate solutions they are, and join the movement to protect working people, families, and our climate future.
Minnesota can and must be a leader on this front by urgently achieving 100% Clean Energy, pausing to develop a comprehensive regulatory framework for hyperscale data centers, building a clean energy economy with family-sustaining union jobs, rooting out corporate capture, and protecting our land, air, and waters for the next seven generations.
Rep. Liish Kozlowski Speaks Out on the proposed Hermantown Data Center Project. They are a co-author of HF4888 —a data center moratorium/pause, HF 3793 to stop piggybacking of water permits, and HF 4077 — a ban on NDA’s in the fight for government transparency and accountability to the people and lands of Minnesota.
Governor Walz signs historic legislation, led by Rep. Liish Kozlowski, into law returning 3,400 acres of land to the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. It is a new day for Minnesota. The return of this land affirms a simple truth: this has always been Indigenous homeland.
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We must ensure a just transition plan that invests and implements 100% clean energy, ends pollution, protects our air and water, and creates a future that is sustainable for all Minnesotans no matter where they live.
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We must repair systemic injustices caused by economic inequality and racial discrimination, honoring Tribal sovereignty, land rights, and Tribal consultation in addressing environmental issues and stewardship.
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We need to invest in climate resilient and green infrastructure, and invest more to protect and restore the health of our water, our soil, and our land.
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Expanded and equitable resources for lead safe homes, weatherization, and energy rehabilitation for renters and homeowners to improve neighborhood equity and sustainability.
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Strengthen and enforce our environmental protection laws and hold corporate polluters accountable for the messes they create because clean-up costs shouldn’t fall on taxpayers.
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Public lands belong to all of us and I will collaborate with hunters, anglers, hikers, bikers, campers, and all peoples to support programs and initiatives that allow every person in Minnesota access and opportunity to enjoy meaningful experiences outdoors.