The Climate Action Framework, spelled out in a nearly 70-page document, was developed by the Walz administration’s Climate Change Subcabinet and Advisory Council on Climate Change. Its overall vision for the state of Minnesota includes net zero carbon emissions by 2050, “resiliency” in the face of climate “challenges,” and the tackling of “disproportionate climate change impacts” on certain “communities.”

To realize that vision, the document proposes six goals: investing in “equitable” and “sustainable” public transportation, increasing carbon storage while cutting down emissions, creating “resilient communities,” achieving carbon-free electricity, raising awareness on the “health impacts of climate change,” and transitioning to a “clean economy.”

Dr. Scott Jensen, the Republican gubernatorial candidate looking to unseat Walz, scoffed at the plan as a “political document meant to shore up his base … rather than a serious solution for Minnesota’s energy problems.”

“In a 69-page document that is supposed to lay out Minnesota’s energy future for at least the next three decades, not once does Governor Walz mention the most reliable energy source that’s free of greenhouse gas emissions during operation: nuclear,” Jensen wrote in a recent statement. “However, Governor Walz’s report does mention the words ‘equity’ or ‘equitable’ 40 times.”