There were high expectations for the economic benefits Enbridge’s Line 3 replacement project promised to bring to the 15 northern Minnesota counties the pipeline runs through. But a new study…
Good news on the mining front today as PolyMet Mining and Teck Resources have announced a joint venture that would place their respective Minnesota projects, which contain high-in-demand copper, nickel, cobalt and platinum-group metals under…
Statistically, this is the hottest week of the year. The Fear Porn has been cranked up to match the heat. We’ve all seen the temperature gradient maps filled with blood:…
The Biden administration continues to make misguided decisions regarding energy policy that are strengthening Russia’s geopolitical hand at the expense of Ukraine and other European countries. This time, the Environmental…
In June, Mitch Rolling and I conducted an analysis of the Duke Energy Carbon Plans on behalf of the John Locke Foundation. Donna King, of The Carolina Journal, explains the…
This week’s installment of the Decouple Podcast is a must-listen. The knowledgable Noah Rettberg returns to the show to discuss how Germany is faring amid its ongoing energy crunch. How…
American Experiment policy fellow Isaac Orr joins Robert Bryce on the Power Hungry Podcast. In his second appearance on the podcast (his first was on August 10, 2021), Orr talks…
Yesterday, Dr. Scott Jensen, the Republican candidate for Governor, released his plan to “Unleash Minnesota Energy,” and there is a lot to like among the policies listed in this proposal.…
American Experiment policy fellow Isaac Orr joined Jon Justice on TCNT yesterday to discuss the latest in energy in Germany, discussed the impact of Biden EPA regulations on Europe’s quest…
Gas prices in Minnesota have set new all-time highs this summer, but Governor Tim Walz and other liberal lawmakers in St. Paul want to enact a California fuel standard (CFS)…
My colleague Bill Glahn has started a series of news articles on the state of the electric grid that serves Minnesota, the Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO). Today, we’ll talk…
Gas prices in Minnesota have set new all-time highs this summer, but Governor Tim Walz and other liberal lawmakers in St. Paul want to enact a California fuel standard (CFS) that…
Mentioning the restart of nuclear power plants (NPPs), the prime minister said, “The government will steadily speed up safety examinations on the premise of ensured safety under the new regulatory…
The Financial Times reports that Germany is rationing hot water, dimming its street lights and shutting down swimming pools as the impact of its energy crunch begins to spread from…
Center of the American Experiment has obtained documents from the Minnesota Department of Transportation (DOT) using a Freedom of Information request showing the Walz Administration paid nearly $72 per hour,…
Bloomberg writes that pro-Chinese agents posed as concerned local residents on social media to try and spark protests over the opening of rare earth mines in the US and Canada,…
The Star Tribune ran an opinion piece last week by John Noer and me about the rising risk of rolling blackouts. The article garnered many intelligent comments about the merits…
Currently, fossil fuel is supplying over 80 percent of our electricity supply, with nuclear another 10 percent. The plan is to reduce that to zero in a dozen years. Just…
The Minneapolis Star Tribune ran a story yesterday (“Power line congestion leads to wind turbine shutdowns, denting county budgets”) about how wind farmers and county governments in south and southwest…
The biggest travesty of our current dialogue surrounding energy and environmental policy is the assumption by so-called environmentalists that there are zero benefits to the activities that ultimately generate emissions,…
Happy Fourth of July to all of our readers. Did you know that virtually all of the energy used by Americans until 1850 was renewable? From 1776 to 1850, wood…
The following article was originally written by Brian Gitt at Real Clear Energy. Follow Brian on Twitter @BrianGitt I wasted 20 years of my life chasing utopian energy. Utopian energy…
Ted Nordhaus, executive director of The Breakthrough Institute, discusses his recent article in Foreign Policy: “Russia’s War Is the End of Climate Policy as We Know It.” The current energy…
Rolling blackouts may hit Minnesota this summer because electric companies have closed down too many reliable power plants — think coal, nuclear and natural gas — on the regional electric grid and…