The Trump Administration has released its revised version of the Clean Power Plan (CPP), which was considered to be the signature climate change regulation of the Obama Administration. The new…
Environmentally responsible mining will provide a $3.7 billion annual boost to Minnesota’s economy, create 8,500 jobs and generate nearly $200 million a year in tax revenue for state and local…
It turns out maybe the City of Minneapolis isn't as gung-ho about renewable energy when the proposed project is in their own backyard. Crown Hydro LLC, a hydroelectric company, wants…
Elections have consequences, and this axiom is true in primary elections, as well the general election to be held in November. Now that the dust has settled, it's a good…
Farmers across Minnesota are now cast into regulatory uncertainty as the U.S. District Court in South Carolina ruled against the Trump administration's attempt to block the Obama-era Waters of the…
I admire Crow Wing Power because they shoot straight on the true cost of wind power on their website. Other power providers should follow suit and put the true cost…
Citypages writer Pete Kotz recently wrote an article claiming renewable energy is a free market success story, and that jobs in the renewable energy industry are "blowing up" despite "sabotage"…
Bans on plastic have become all the rage. Minneapolis wanted to ban plastic bags last year, and cities on the Left Coast are banning plastic straws. Despite the inconvenience and…
A new report by Clean Energy Economy Minnesota crows about the number of people employed in the renewable energy sector, but viewed with a different lens, the report actually demonstrates…
The Star Tribune ran an interesting article today about how Able Energy Owner Mike Harvey has been accused of defrauding more than 80 would-be solar customers in Minnesota. There are…
Connexus Energy is building two electricity “storage” systems — solar-panel arrays connected to big batteries. Cheerleaders of solar plus storage have hailed this a victory for our state, but in…
Yesterday I wrote about how Minneapolis’ renewable energy targets are just expensive virtue signalling. A closer look at the City advisory board helps explain why the state’s largest city could…
Minneapolis seems determined to rush toward 100 percent renewable energy by 2023, but perhaps its time for the City to pump the brakes on environmental virtue signalling and consider whether…
The State of Minnesota has gifted more taxpayer dollars to the solar industry. This time the subsidies take the form of a $3.5 million dollar state loan package that was…
They say a picture is worth 1,000 words, and this cartoon definitely fits the bill. The next time someone delivers a sermon to you on the virtues of wind and…
Electric bills in Minnesota have increased substantially due to wind energy investments, but even in light of this information, there are organizations that go to lengths to conceal this fact.…
The Wisconsin Citizens Utility Board, which protects families and small businesses from increasing electricity prices, said the focus on bills instead of prices obscure the fact that the state has…
Minneapolis’ bogus renewable energy pledge.
Minnesota adds expensive solar as electricity prices soar.
Advocates of reducing CO2 emissions from electricity generation have released a new study attempting to show the necessary steps to make 13 states CO2-free in the Midwest. Unfortunately, the study,…
The new conservative government in Ontario will cancel 758 renewable energy contracts in an effort to lower electricity rates in the province, with the move expected to result in CAD…
In recent years, the electrical grid in Texas (ERCOT) has had moments of almost utter collapse. In 2008, a storm swept through the state causing a large amount of wind…
The just-released summer issue of Thinking Minnesota makes a compelling case for how allowing more mining in northern Minnesota would give Minnesota’s economy a potent shot in the arm. In…
American Experiment's report "Energy Policy in Minnesota: The High Cost of Failure," must have the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) quivering in their boots. The national lobbying organization for Big…