COMPANY SETS HIGH ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS Minnesota Power is a longstanding leader in environmental management and consistently goes beyond regulatory requirements to preserve natural resources, conserve energy and minimize emissions. Now it is updating environmental compliance systems at its sites to globally recognized ISO 14001 standards, beginning with Laskin Energy Center. Minnesota Power has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years to further reduce already low emissions and improve efficiency at its Boswell, Laskin and Taconite Harbor generating plants.
WORKSHOPS TEACH THE TEACHERS Educating teachers and students about energy production and natural resource management benefits the entire region. Each year, Minnesota Power sponsors teacher workshops presented by the Lignite Energy Council and Communities for Responsible Energy Environmental Demonstration (CREED) Project to advance energy education. It also supports watershed workshops for teachers to expand knowledge of the Mississippi, St. Louis and Rainy rivers. Understanding the economy also is important. The Minnesota Council on Economic Education honored Minnesota Power in 2011 for 50 years of continuous support for its economics programming, which includes teacher development, curriculum materials and student contests.
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