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PAGE 4 SUSTAINABILITY NEWSLETTER <br />City of Roseville Public Works & Engineering <br />Positive Climate News <br />A Fossil Fuel Economy Requires 535x More Mining Than a Clean Energv <br />Economy —Mining is a hot topic right now as the need to extract precious metals <br />r and minerals for batteries and other clean energy technology is rising rapidly. <br />However —fossil fuel -related mining is still vastly more extractive. <br />White House planning to create an American Climate Corps —President Biden <br />intends to use executive authority to train and employ thousands of young people <br />in jobs to fight global warming. This is inspired by the New Deal Program the Civil- <br />ian Conservations Corps created by FDR, and meant to mobilize and scale up the governmental re- <br />sponse to climate change. Sign up on this page for information and updates. <br />In northern Minnesota, early adopters make the case for cold -climate heat pumps. Heat pump <br />installers and early adopters in and around Duluth, Minnesota, are demonstrating how the technology <br />can work even in a notoriously cold climate such as northern Minnesota. <br />Energy Department announces $325M for batteries that can store clean electricity longer. One <br />recipient of the funds is the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians in northwestern Minnesota, who will <br />use retired EV batteries to provide demand reduction, load shifting, and resilience to two affordable <br />housing complexes and a Red Lake Nation workforce development campus. <br />Thank you from your Roseville Sustainability Team! <br />Ryan Johnson <br />Environmental Manager <br />651-792-7049 <br />Ryan.Johnson(cDcitvofroseville.com <br />SOLSMART <br />G D L D <br />Minnesota <br />GreenStep Cities <br />Noelle Bakken <br />Sustainability Specialist <br />651-792-7057 <br />Noelle.Bakken(cDcityofroseville.com <br />0 <br />0 <br />B] <br />In <br />W <br />Z <br />Z <br />BEST OF <br />83 BENCHMARKING <br />Page 17 of 82 <br />