Working hand-in-hand with social movements to make real change:

• Worked with climate advocates to fight climate change
  • Declared a climate crisis
  • Adopted a social cost of carbon
  • Passed a Climate Action Plan
  • Pushed for fossil fuel divestment
  • Increased utility franchise fees to invest in clean energy
• Worked with environmental justice advocates to fight environmental racism
  • Declared Green Zones, to address environmental racism
  • Fought expansion downtown garbage burner
  • Fought to close Northern Metals
  • Required landlords to disclose known environmental contamination like arsenic and TCE to tenants
  • Supported banning perc in dry cleaners
• Worked with advocates like iMatter to increase renewable energy
  • Committed to 100% renewable energy citywide by 2030
  • Signed the City up for community solar
• Energy efficiency
  • Passed ordinances requiring energy disclosure
  • Pushed for inclusive financing
• Worked with the Minneapolis Energy Options campaign to lead the effort to form a municipal energy utility
  • Formed the Clean Energy Partnership
• Pushed for healthy land use practices
  • Supported allowing more housing in our city to fight sprawl
  • Worked with the Organic Consumers Association and Bee Safe Mpls to author a pollinator-friendly resolution
  • Legalized natural landscapes, rather than requiring lawns
• Worked with recycling advocates like Sierra Club and Eureka Recycling to reduce solid waste
  • Led the effort to provide curbside compost collection
  • Required recycling in apartments and commercial buildings
  • Passed single-use carryout bag fee

Cam will continue to lead the fight to:

• Adopt a Minneapolis Green New Deal that puts a price on carbon pollution and equitably invests in reducing carbon emissions and energy costs
• Implement inclusive financing
• Build district energy systems to reduce natural gas carbon emissions
• Increase solar throughout the city
• Implement the 100% renewable electricity goal
• Green our transportation system
• Close the downtown garbage burner
• Make composting available to renters, and regulate waste from businesses