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The sagas on Van Buren Street in Northeast Minneapolis continue. This time there is an appeal against the development of 64 new apartment homes at 613-623 N.E. Van Buren St. from the neighbor immediately to the north, located at 625 N.E. Van Buren St. The complaint? Many components are wrapped up in the ongoing lawsuit against the Minneapolis 2040 Plan. But a key one is the argument of environmental degradation, and the loss of the opportunity to install a viable rooftop solar array.
We are in a climate crisis. This unsettling reality becomes more visible with each passing day. Here in Minnesota, our actions disproportionately impact the future of our shared planet. If Minnesota and 12 other states of the American Midwest were their own country, it would be the 5th-largest carbon emitter in the world. Transportation is the biggest source of climate pollution in Minnesota.
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