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Love Water and Oil, New Line 3 Will Help Us Do Both
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Those who love water should also love the safest ways to transport oil. If they don't, then they aren't being intellectually honest....
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Pipeline Proponents Go On Offense
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The Enbridge Line 3 replacement oil pipeline project continues to languish in the labyrinth of the State of Minnesota's regulatory maze. So pipeline proponents have formed an advocacy group called Minnesotans for Line 3. The Brainerd Dispatch caught up with the group's founder, Bob Schoneberger, CEO of United Piping, in Baxter, the first of six stops in Northern Minnesota and North Dakota. "We're just people in support of replacing our country's infrastructure," Schoneberger said, describing what Minnesotans for Line 3 stands for. "Specifically, here we're talking Line 3. We just think that's important, especially when you've got aging infrastructure. It needs to...
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Are Wind Companies Rushing Projects to Scoop Up Subsidies?
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Are Wind Companies Rushing Projects to Scoop Up Subsidies? ...
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Has Wind Reduced Dependence on Fossil Fuels? Not in Europe, New Study Shows
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One of the main talking points used by renewable energy advocates in Minnesota has been that building wind turbines will reduce our dependency on fossil fuels, but a new study of ten European countries shows that wind has failed to reduce the need for fossil fuels in the European Union. ...
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Congo Uses Child Labor in their Cobalt Mines, So Let’s Mine Cobalt in Minnesota, Instead
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Congo uses child labor in their cobalt mines. Here's why we should mine cobalt in Minnesota. ...
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Are the Batteries Coming?
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Battery storage has become the latest fad among the energy industry. Lawmakers in states like California, New York and Oregon are busying themselves by crafting mandates requiring their states to invest in battery storage technology, but how affordable is battery storage? Not very....
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Counties Warn Pipeline Protests Could Cost Taxpayers
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Construction on the Enbridge 3 replacement oil pipeline should start this year, once state regulators get out of the way and give final approval. The vital project will generate hundreds of well-paying construction jobs and millions of tax dollars for Minnesota communities lucky enough to be located along the pipeline. But local governments are also bracing for a less welcome influx that may come with the pipeline--professional protesters. Law enforcement officials got a potential preview of what's to come from the Dakota Access Pipeline fiasco a couple years ago, according to the Duluth News Tribune. The prospect of protests in Minnesota along the Enbridge...
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Despite Billions in Subsidies, Solar is Far Less Efficient than Burning Trash
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Despite receiving billions of dollars in federal subsidies, solar power is far less efficient than burning trash....
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Regardless of Ruling, Winona County Frac Sand Ban is Bad Public Policy
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On May 7th, 2018, the county went to court to defend the ban in the face of legal challenges. Regardless of whether Winona's frac sand mining ban withstands court challenge, it is exceptionally bad public policy....
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Bipartisan Effort to Scrap Outdated Environmental Regulation Faces Dayton Veto
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After nearly eight years in office, Gov. Dayton still doesn't get it. He's threatening to veto a bill that's sailing through the legislature with bipartisan support to scrap an unenforceable, unpopular, wildly expensive water quality standard on the books since the 1970s for northern northern waters with wild rice. The Mesabi Daily News picked up on Dayton's attempt to pressure lawmakers who are doing the sensible thing in attempting to put the issue to rest once and for all. Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is calling for modifications to a wild rice sulfate standard bill that is awaiting its time in conference committee....
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