includes all of the factors included in the Envision 2040 plan except for environmental justice. As the world around us evolves, municipal governments across the state are realizing that these ...

An internal memo directs the closure of offices designed to ease the heavy pollution faced by poor and minority communities.

EPA head Lee Zeldin also announced that he was canceling 400 grants for environmental justice and diversity initiatives.

That latter position pushed Smart Growth Minneapolis, an environmental nonprofit, and several other groups to sue the city in 2018 over the 2040 plan. The lawsuit resulted in years of back-and ...