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🚨 USDA abruptly canceled REAP grants—jeopardizing clean energy, farm resilience & jobs in rural MN. CD7 & CD1 led the nation in awards. Now projects are stalled, communities left behind. Rural MN deserves better. 🌱⚡️

#DefendRural #EnergyEquity #REAP #USDA

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USDA abruptly cancels rural energy grant application window
It’s the latest setback for the longstanding REAP program, casting uncertainty over the future of a resource that helps farmers save on energy and install…
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July 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Rural communities are under pressure—job cuts, broken promises, and policy chaos are making life harder. 💬 Have you felt the impact? Share your story and help fight for the places we call home. 🧡 curemn.org/defend-ru... #DefendRural #RuralVoices #ShareYourStory
Defend Rural People
Decisions from the federal government are creating big holes in the fabric of our rural places. It doesn’t matter who we voted for: everyone is riding a roller coaster they didn’t ask to be on.
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July 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Rep. Finstad wants the EPA to drop a petition meant to protect SE MN drinking water from nitrate pollution. His constituents deserve safe water, not political spin. Rural Minnesotans need science-based solutions💧 #CleanWater #SafeWater #EPA #DefendRural #RuralHealthMatters

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Finstad asks EPA to rescind approval of 2023 petition on southern Minnesota water quality
Finstad wrote that many of the groups that sent the petition "have a well-documented history of anti-agriculture environmental activism" and that farmers and the state have made positive changes.
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July 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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🚨 Rural Minnesota is being shortchanged by policies that favor the ultra-wealthy and polluters. CURE is standing with our neighbors to demand better for our farms, families, and future. ✊
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#DefendRural
Defend Rural People
Decisions from the federal government are creating big holes in the fabric of our rural places. It doesn’t matter who we voted for: everyone is riding a roller coaster they didn’t ask to be on.
curemn.org
July 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM