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Minnesota Can Do More to Protect People from Ethylene Oxide Emissions

March 6, 2023 admin air quality, EPA, Minnesota, research, SCIENCE

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 […]

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Billionaire-backed ‘Iron-Air’ Battery Maker Picks WV Site for First Factory

December 23, 2022 admin Bill Gates, Energy Storage, form energy, great river energy, iron air battery, jeff bezos, Minnesota, news, renewable energy, Richard Branson, West Virginia

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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Minnesota State Begins Training Hybrid & Electric Car Technicians

October 13, 2022 admin cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Minnesota

Credit 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.

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Electrifying Transportation Equitably: All-Electric Carshare

October 10, 2022 admin american lung association, cars, carsharing, chevy bolt, clean transport, electric cars, electric carsharing, Electric vehicles, ev spot network, evie, hourcar, minneapolis, Minnesota, st. paul, xcel energy

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 […]

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MISO Lets Renewable Energy Genie Out Of Bottle With Biggest Ever Transmission Project

July 28, 2022 admin clean power, Energy, grid, Illinois, indiana, Iowa, Michigan, midcontinent independent system operator, Minnesota, MISO, missouri, NORTH DAKOTA, power lines, renewable energy, Solar energy, South Dakota, Transmission Lines, usa, wind energy

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.

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Tar Sands Pipeline “Line 3” Faces Ongoing Opposition Despite PUC Rubber Stamp

February 4, 2020 admin Canada, enbridge, Minnesota, oil pipelines, oil sands, pipelines, press releases, Sierra Club, tar sands, winona laduke

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

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Community Solar: Ready for the New Decade

February 3, 2020 admin access for all, Business, climate change, community solar, compensation, Energy Storage, Environmental, finance, International, Markets, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Plant Design, Renewables, seia, size limits, smart program, Solar, solar industry, stoel rives, Technology, xcel energy

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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Wisconsin PSC Backs Construction of Gas-Fired Plant

January 17, 2020 admin Business, Coal, dairyland power cooperative, Gas, Minnesota, minnesota power, natural gas, nemadji trail energy center, news, Renewables, Solar, Wind, wisconsin

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:21:31 +0000

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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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Court Hands Natural Gas Power Plant Lump Of Coal For Xmas

December 24, 2019 admin dairyland power cooperative, Electricity, Fossil Fuels, Minnesota, minnesota power, natural gas, policy & politics, United States, US, wisconsin

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 16:45:41 +0000

Ratepayers in Wisconsin are breathing a sigh of relief after a Minnesota court sends a proposed new natural gas power plant back for review — wait, what