The Minneapolis City Council overturned Mayor Jacob Frey’s veto of the City’s 2025 license fee schedule, which will charge the city's biggest polluters fees based on their carbon dioxide emissions. On Thursday, the Minneapolis City Council overturned Frey’s veto of implementing fees on carbon dioxide emissions on a 9 to 2 vote.

Mayor Jacob Frey says the council acted rashly and irresponsibly when it voted to cut the city’s operating budget to save a homeless shelter.

In his veto letter Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said he agrees with the aims of the fee on polluters, but he said the council’s action amounts to an “unauthorized tax.”

Minneapolis City Council members declared victory on what they see as urgent action to address the climate crisis by overriding a mayoral veto on carbon emission fees.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Wednesday vetoed a City Council plan to charge the city's largest polluters with a fee based on their carbon dioxide emissions. Council Member Robin Wonsley, who led support for the plan,

Minneapolis mayor cites the advice of a legal team in the decision to knock down the carbon dioxide ordinance.