Host Kristin Hayes talks with Senator Tina Smith, the junior senator from the great state of Minnesota. Senator Smith served as the 48th lieutenant governor of Minnesota from 2015 to 2018, after a career in both the private and public sectors in the state, where she has lived since 1984. Senator Smith is a member of several committees in the Senate relevant to natural resource, energy, and climate issues, including the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Senator Smith talks about her own interests in these issues, her perspective on why they matter to Minnesota and the nation, and recent energy legislation that she has introduced. There is also some talk about loons—a first for Resources Radio.

References and recommendations:

"One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy" by Carol Anderson; https://www.professorcarolanderson.org/one-person-no-vote

"The Secret Commonwealth" by Philip Pullman; https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/246698/the-book-of-dust-the-secret-commonwealth-book-of-dust-volume-2-by-philip-pullman/