Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 17:35:56 +0000
America is a bifurcated country. Half the people don’t want anything to change — ever — while the other half want everything to change, especially if change means eliminating the use of fossil fuels. We all know, at least at some subliminal level, that renewable energy will eventually displace the thermal generation of electricity, but […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2023 15:00:59 +0000
A federal appeals court has ruled that a suit against Exxon and others can be tried in Minnesota state court.
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 16:45:56 +0000
Lately, I have been writing a lot about cumulative impacts from environmental hazards. Meanwhile, the Union of Concern Scientists just published an important report on the potential threat posed by emissions of ethylene oxide from facilities that use the cancer-causing gas to sterilize medical equipment and other products. The report includes case studies of hotspots […]
Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2022 19:52:42 +0000
A battery manufacturing company with plenty of high-profile financial backing said it has picked a site for its first factory that will build “iron-air” batteries. Form Energy touts its technology as a breakthrough for long-duration storage of solar and wind power. Form, which counts Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, and British tycoon Richard […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 22:00:03 +0000
Minnesota State community college has created a new curriculum to teach students how to service and repair an electric car.
Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 11:00:13 +0000
Minneapolis and St. Paul residents logged 25,000 trips and nearly 250,000 miles on the nation’s first renewably powered all-electric carshare program. To wrap up September, there is positive news coming out of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, where they are reporting the first six months of usage data for Evie Carshare. Paired with EV Spot […]
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 19:50:04 +0000
In a brilliant case of epic timing, MISO announced a new transmission line plan for more renewable energy in the US midsection earlier this week, just two days before Senate Democrats reached an agreement on the new climate bill.
Credit to Author: Andrea Bertoli| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:30:10 +0000
A new analysis released last week shows that building a controversial tar sands pipeline would create climate pollution vastly outweighing planned reductions in Minnesota’s emissions through initiatives like 100% clean energy and clean car standards
Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 05:29:47 +0000
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Community solar refers to local solar facilities shared by multiple subscribers who receive credit on their electricity bills for their share of the power produced. Community solar allows homeowners, renters
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:21:31 +0000
The post Wisconsin PSC Backs Construction of Gas-Fired Plant appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Construction of a $700 million natural gas-fired power plant near the Wisconsin-Minnesota border was authorized by Wisconsin regulators on Jan. 16, over the objections of environmental groups who have said the plant is not needed. Dairyland Power Cooperative and Minnesota Power would jointly own the 625-MW Nemadji Trail Energy Center, which on its current timeline […]
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