To disentangle itself from a power plant it never wanted, Prairie Island Community created a $46 million plan to produce net zero carbon emissions within the next decade.

Author Archives: Catharine Richert
Catharine Richert is based in Rochester, Minn., and covers Southeast Minnesota for MPR News. She was previously on MPR's politics team, and has contributed to MPR's health care coverage. She lives in Rochester with her husband, a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic, and their three children.