ENERGY
Legislative notebook: House, Senate look to the sun for power
By Don Davis and Danielle Killey Minnesotans could sell solar power to electric utilities under a bill the House passed 70-63 late Tuesday. They pay someone who has solar on their house just what the ...
Posted on 5/8/13 at 8:29 AM
When the lights go out in Berlin: How the energy revolution is changing the way we think about energy consumption
December 2007: A few months after my grandma passed on, my aunt and uncle, who had inherited her house, went through all of her belongings to see what she had kept in the 60+ years she lived there. ...
Posted on 11/21/12 at 12:13 PM
The Good, the Bad and the Abysmally, Painfully Awful
Apparently, the movie Battleship is about as bad as you would have expected it to be. I have a hard time believing any movie could be as bad as Transformers was, but apparently this hits that low mark...
Posted on 5/23/12 at 1:26 PM
Green Scene No-Bake Energy Bites
I was on a mission. I needed more Green Scene No-Bake Energy Bites. I had been to the cozy organic market and deli just the week before. The half dozen Energy Bites I grabbed from the Green Scene deli...
Posted on 5/13/12 at 6:00 AM
Editorial: Consider waiving ethanol mandate
The federal Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) mandates the production of 13.2 billion gallons of corn-based in ethanol in 2012 and 13.8 billion gallons in 2013.By Daily Globe , August 09, 2012
As others see it: Let's boost sand mining
The new industry of sand mining in Minnesota and Wisconsin brings economic development to the upper Midwest. It also brings new environmental risks as two recent Wisconsin sand operations have demonstrated.By West Central Tribune , June 18, 2012
Klobuchar takes tour of oil patch, says Minnesota also reaping benefits of boom
By Amy Dalyrmple, Forum Communications Co. , April 20, 2012
Editorial: Setting an energy example
U.S. Rep. Tim Walz visited Worthington on Thursday, meeting with community leaders at the Biotechnology Advancement Center to tout the Infrastructure Jobs and Energy Independence Act he has co-authored in Washington.By Daily Globe , April 10, 2012
Permit process moves forward for new Nobles County wind farm
30-megawatt project to include Minnesota's tallest turbinesWORTHINGTON — Community Wind South took the next step toward building its 30-megawatt wind farm in Nobles County Wednesday night, when permit requests for a switching station and laydown yard in Summit Lake Township were approved by the Nobles County Planning and Zoning Commission.
By Julie Buntjer , April 06, 2012
Walz talks about energy bill (with video)
April 05, 2012
Franken visits Worthington, talks energy efficiency (with video)
April 02, 2012
Algae discussed as food, fuel source at Regional Bioscience Conference
WORTHINGTON — One engineer sees algae as a future biofuel, and one entrepreneur sees algae as a future pharmaceutical and food source. Both were speakers Friday afternoon during the final session at the Regional Bioscience Conference in Worthington.
By Julie Buntjer , March 30, 2012
As others see it: New plant may be the future of ethanol
The ethanol industry took another step forward Tuesday when a new Iowa venture broke ground.By West Central Tribune , March 16, 2012
Growth of wind energy industry in limbo
WORTHINGTON — Minnesota Sen. Al Franken took the floor of the Senate this week to urge his fellow lawmakers to extend the renewable energy production tax credit — legislation he had hoped would be included in a larger payroll tax bill the legislators compromised on Thursday night.
By Julie Buntjer , February 17, 2012
Editorial: Renewables offer multiple opportunities
A new report issued recently by The Pew Charitable Trusts states that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is “accelerating clean energy innovations in an effort to reduce risks to America’s military, enhance energy security and save money.”By Daily Globe , November 04, 2011
Column: Retrofitting - Jobs and energy for Minnesota
By Sen. Al Franken , November 01, 2011
Capital Chatter: Voter photo ID law faces court fight
ST. PAUL — A law Republicans in Minnesota and other states want badly faces a Wisconsin court challenge.October 21, 2011
Column: Fighting for the future of Minnesota's farmers
By Sen. Al Franken , August 04, 2011
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