Minnesota Legislature
SF 2188
as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 06/29/2023 10:25am
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A bill for an act
relating to greenhouse gas emissions; amending the state greenhouse gas emissions
reduction goals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 216H.02, subdivision
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 216H.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
Greenhouse gas emissions-reduction goal.
new text begin (a) new text end It is the goal of the state
to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors producing deleted text begin thosedeleted text end new text begin greenhouse
gasnew text end emissions deleted text begin to a level at least 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2015, to a level at least 30
percent below 2005 levels by 2025, and to a level at least 80 percent below 2005 levels by
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(1) 15 percent by 2015;
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(2) 30 percent by 2025;
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(3) 50 percent by 2030; and
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(4) to net zero by 2050.
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(b) To the maximum extent practicable, actions taken to achieve these goals must avoid
causing disproportionate adverse impacts to residents of communities that are or have been
incommensurately exposed to pollution affecting human health and environmental quality.
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new text begin (c)new text end The deleted text begin levels shalldeleted text end new text begin targets mustnew text end be reviewed deleted text begin based on the climate change action plan
studydeleted text end new text begin annually by the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, taking into account
the latest scientific research on the impacts of climate change and strategies to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changenew text end .new text begin
The commissioner must forward any recommended changes to the targets to the chairs and
ranking minority members of legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over climate
change and environmental policy.
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(d) For the purposes of the subdivision, "net zero" means:
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(1) statewide greenhouse gas emissions equal to zero; or
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(2) the balance of annual statewide greenhouse gas emissions, minus any terrestrial
sequestration of statewide greenhouse gas emissions, equals zero or less.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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