A new video released today by Center of the American Experiment exposes the real environmental costs of wind and solar energy. Wind and Solar: Too Good To Be True? is a short…
The National Center for Energy Analytics released a report this month that evaluates each state’s financial assurances required for decommissioning wind and solar facilities. Given the short lifespans of wind…
A recent letter to the editor in the Star Tribune — from a Minnesota Department of Commerce official, no less — argued that “wind and sunshine are free.” Minnesotans are…
Last week, the Pew Research Center issued a report on popular support for nuclear power: Support for expanding nuclear power is up in both parties since 2020 It’s not just…
From the Minnesota Star Tribune, North Dakota wants to block Minnesota power lines in fight over clean energy. The fight is in front of a national energy regulator, North Dakota,…
The Sahan Journal reports about an ordinance under consideration in Minneapolis that would increase fees on utility bills to “finance improvements to boost energy efficiency and decrease emissions.” The Sahan…
It’s the time of year again when Center of the American Experiment needs to reiterate a vital point: energy projects exist to produce energy, not jobs. And projects from wind…
This week, China announced new, tightened export restrictions on rare earth elements. It’s the latest “escalation in tensions” between China and the U.S. in the race to secure critical minerals…
Minnesotans already face some of the highest electricity rates in the Midwest, and Xcel Energy is proposing to deploy up to 200 megawatts of battery storage capacity by 2028 in…
Last week, the Department of Energy announced it would invest $625 million in coal production and coal-fired generation activities. The same day, the Department of the Interior announced it would…
The vote by the state Public Utilities Commission (PUC) was unanimous. From the Minnesota Star Tribune, Private equity giant will control northern Minnesota’s biggest power company. The vote took place…
American AI needs affordable, reliable energy, not wishful thinking The U.S. Energy Information Administration warned last month that U.S. commercial electricity consumption will reach record highs in the next two…
The (not-so-shocking) truth about Minnesota’s agriculture. A while back, some soul searching was done at the Star Tribune, pondering why, outside the Twin Cities metro, so few Minnesotans use the…
It should come as no surprise to anyone living on the Iron Range that minerals matter. Iron production makes Minnesota the fifth-largest mineral-producing state in the U.S., powering Minnesota’s economy and U.S.…
The Stibnite Gold Project in central Idaho has been given the all-clear by the U.S. Forest Service, conditioned only on the company posting the bonding agreed to in permitting. After…
I wrote a letter to the editor in response to a Wall Street Journal op-ed by Rahm Emanuel, former mayor of Chicago and former Illinois representative. Rahm Emanuel wrongly blames the…
Center of the American Experiment’s Bill Glahn reported recently on the public hearings for Xcel Energy’s electricity rate case. The Minnesota PUC is holding hearings through September 25 in locations…
Agenda Item No. 1 on the calendar for the Thursday state Public Utilities Commission (PUC) meeting reads, In the Matter of the Petition of Minnesota Power for Acquisition of ALLETE…
The North Dakota Monitor reported on the North Dakota Petroleum Council’s annual meeting last week: Natural gas is going to be the “savior” of the power grid. That was the…
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey signed into law a $5 per ton carbon dioxide tax yesterday. The Mayor’s office claims that the move “will significantly cut pollution, save money, and move…
American Experiment has submitted a public comment to the U.S. Department of Justice in response to its request for information about “State Laws Having Significant Adverse Effects on the National…
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has set an “external planning meeting” for tomorrow, September 16, 2025 to hear significant changes to wind turbine siting in Minnesota. The proposed change has…
Beginning this evening in Stillwater, the state Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) will hold a series of public hearings on Xcel Energy’s electricity rate increase request. MPR News reports: The public…
The Department of the Interior released its 2025 draft critical minerals list last month, which expands the list from 50 minerals to 54. The U.S. Geological Survey’s critical minerals list…