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PAc E 3 City of Roseville Public Works & Engineering SUSTAINABILITY NEWSLETTER Events, Resources, and Opportunities Rice & Larpenteur Alliance Winter Warmup—Saturday 12/13, 1pm- 3pm at Nepali Kitchen, 1700 Rice Street. Celebrate community and the winter season while warming up with friends and neighbors. The event will include free treats, music, and a winter wear clothing exchange. Free! 2025 Minnesota Renewable Energy Roundtable —Wednesday, 12117, 9am-3:30pm. This year's Minnesota Renewable Energy Roundtable will explore ways to secure Minnesota's biogas future and preview a biogas roadmap that AURI will publish in 2026. $40 in person, $20 virtual. Winter Sowing Workshop —Saturday, 1/17/26, 1 pm-3pm, Kenny Park Rec Center, 1328 W 58th St, Minneapolis. Join Master Naturalists Ellen Mueller and Laura Baxley to learn about the basics of winter seed sowing and how it supports native garden planting. Free! Positive Climate News Renewable Energy and EVs have grown so much faster than experts predicted 10 years ago. A new report from the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit looks back at forecasts made following the ratification of the Paris Agreement compared with what has been achieved since. Study finds EVs quickly overcome their energy -intensive build to be cleaner than gas cars —While it takes a lot of emissions to manufacture electric vehicles, a new study finds that after two years of use, those emissions are effectively cancelled out, and gas vehicles continue to produce more emissions comparatively while on the road. 12.000 acres of forest and wetlands in northeast Minnesota now public after land ourchase— The Nature Conservancy purchased more than 12,000 acres of forest, rivers and wetlands between Two Harbors and Ely in northeast Minnesota that the conservation organization plans to restore and make accessible to the public. The parcels include lowland conifer forests and peatlands that are critically important to carbon storage. New national law in South Korea will turn large parking lots into solar power farms —Parking lots in South Korea with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar canopies and carports, including both new construction and existing parking lots. Wisconsin coal terminal to close after 50 years as clean energy saps demand —Due to the clean energy transition, coal shipments have dropped dramatically at a coal terminal in Superior, WI that's been open since 1976, and it will close in June 2026. The previous owner hopes another entity will lease the terminal for another purpose. Do you like this section of the newsletter? I am creating a repository of past news articles I've shared, along with many other I haven't, in my resource document —"Resources to Maintain Resilience and Optimism in the Face of Climate Change." This document includes books and other media that help me keep moving forward in this work, and I add to it as I find new resources. Feel free to peruse the list whenever you need a boost) Page 13 of 84