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, a group that represents energy efficiency, natural gas and renewable energy companies, says Minnesota is rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions from electric power. It says 25 percent of the state’s electric power came from renewables last year, and 49 percent of power generation was carbon-free when you include nuclear power. 

And that energy transition has happened without damaging the economy, said Gregg Mast, executive director of 

“We're looking at how much can we grow our economy and produce more products and services while, at the same time, we're using the same or less energy,” Mast said. “And Minnesota has done an excellent job in doing that. Since 2010, we have grown our state's gross domestic product by 24 percent; power consumption over that same time period has only grown 2 percent.”

Mast spoke with MPR chief meteorologist and Climate Cast host Paul Huttner. Hit play on the audio player above to hear the conversation.  

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