In May 2020, Great River Energy made a surprising announcement: It would close the Coal Creek Station — a large, 1,150-megawatt coal plant in North Dakota — if it could…
American Experiment policy fellow Isaac Orr will join Justice and Drew at 7:35 a.m. to discuss the Walz administration’s decision to impose California car mandates on Minnesota drivers.
Statement from Isaac Orr at Center of the American Experiment regarding Gov. Walz’s misguided California emissions rulemaking Isaac Orr, Policy Fellow for Energy and the Environment at Center of the…
Center of the American Experiment is becoming a national leader in energy modeling, conducting modeling for organizations in four states, with more on the way. Today, at 11 a.m. Central…
Why a transportation committee senator should stay in her lane.
The following article was written by Robert Bryce, and it originally appeared in RealClear Energy: For more than a century, the promise of electric vehicles (EVs) has been parked just…
The following article was written by Valerie Richardson and it appeared in The Washington Times: A coalition of progressive and environmental groups took a roasting on the right after urging President Biden to…
The following article was written by Chuck Devore, and it appeared in The Federalist: California’s electric grid operator declared a “Flex Alert” Friday morning, showing all that mandated solar and…
California is reeling from decades of bad energy policy, and it is now expecting residents living in saner states to pay for their mistakes. On Friday, July 9, 2021, and…
The following article was written by Randal O’Toole for the Cato Institute: Americans drove nearly 96 percent as many miles in May 2021 as in the same month in 2019, indicating a return…
There is a growing awareness among the general public that wind turbines and solar panels may not be as green as people thought. Pictures of old wind turbine blades resting…
The Energy Transition Advisory Committee is a committee established to develop a statewide energy transition plan and to advise the governor, the commissioner and the legislature on transition issues, established…
The abject failure of Califonia’s energy policies is becoming more apparent every day. The Golden State has taken the lead in shutting down reliable coal, natural gas and nuclear power…
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is fighting to prevent the public from seeing documents detailing his behind-closed-doors strategizing on climate litigation with a network of state attorneys general with embedded…
The Financial Times reports that sales of diesel-powered electricity generator business is booming, thanks in part to unreliable power grids in California and Texas. The FT writes: One of the…
American Experiment is often critical of Xcel Energy because they nearly always mislead the public about the negative impact that wind and solar have on the affordability and reliability of…
Meredith Angwin joins Robert Bryce on the Power Hungry Podcast
The following article was written by Rob Port and it originally appeared in the Fargo Forum, and the Grand Forks Herald: Coal Creek Station, the largest coal-fired power plant in…
On June 24, 2021, the Biden administration announced it would be banning products containing silicon materials from Hoshine, a Chinese company tied to widespread human rights violations affecting ethnic Uyghur…
Advocates of wind turbines often argue that their unreliability can be offset by building even more wind turbines and transmission lines to distant areas because the wind is always blowing…
Gov. Tim Walz has decided to push forward with his deeply unpopular California car mandates, which would require automakers to sell 14,000 EVs per year in Minnesota. Mandating these electric…
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the amount of “non-fossil fuel” sources of energy accounted for 21 percent of U.S. energy consumption in 2020. While anti-fossil fuel activists…
The following article was written by Michael Shellenberger at Substack: Journalists, experts, and elected officials are today blaming heat wave deaths, forest fires, and electricity shortages in New York, California,…
The following piece was originally published by Amy R. Sisk in the Bismarck Tribune: UNDERWOOD — Falkirk Mine worker Daniel Saxberg was eating lunch with his kids at Space Aliens…