The Institute for Energy Research (IER) has an excellent article detailing the recent regulations drafted in California to limit the sale and use of diesel-powered trucks in the Golden State.…
Last week, California became the first state in America to approve a regulation ending diesel truck sales by 2036, according to the Washington Examiner. Will Minnesota follow California’s lead by adopting…
It is well-understood that high energy prices make it harder for businesses to stay competitive. In Michigan, lawmakers are trying to put a taxpayer-funded band-aid on their economy by giving…
NBC News reports that rising demand for the nickel used in the batteries of electric vehicles (EVs) is prompting the expansion of a nickel mine located in a rainforest in…
The California grid operator, the California Independent Systems Operator (CAISO), has declared an electric grid reliability emergency and is asking the federal Department of Energy to suspend air-pollution rules for…
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency doesn’t want to tell you how much global warming would be averted by the California car mandates that are being driven by an executive order…
Next week, the State Senate will be considering the ECO Act, which would make changes to Minnesota’s energy efficiency program, which is called the Conservation Improvement Program, or CIP. There…
Proponents of Governor Walz’s California Car mandates have argued that electric vehicles are the wave of the future, and that mandates for electric cars are needed to supply the large…
Governor Walz wants to adopt California’s car mandates requiring that car manufacturers deliver electric vehicles for sale in Minnesota, but this video from the Clear Energy Alliance pours cold water…
It appears Governor Walz is accelerating his push to circumvent the legislative process by using the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to impose unpopular California car mandates on Minnesota. These…
Last night, I drove down to Rochester to testify at a hearing on the Minnesota Senate’s Clean Energy First bill. As you will see in my testimony, this proposed legislation…
This article was written by me and originally appeared in the Monticello Times: Winter has come, and that means college students will be looking for ways to keep warm without breaking…
Last week the Star Tribune ran an article entitled “Metro Transit Temporarily Pulls Electric Buses from C Line Because of Problems with Chargers,” stating the eight electric buses on the…
Last week the Star Tribune ran an article entitled “Metro Transit Temporarily Pulls Electric Buses from C Line Because of Problems with Chargers,” stating the eight electric buses on the…
Governor Walz recently announced that he wants hundreds of thousands of electric vehicles on Minnesota roads by 2030, but a world-wide shortage of nickel threatens to slam the brakes on…
On Wednesday, Governor Walz announced that he would be using the bureaucratic rule making process to impose California’s rules for low and zero emissions vehicles (LEV and ZEV) on to…