I was on Justice and Drew yesterday to discuss the possibility of rolling blackouts in Minnesota. We also briefly chat about annexing parts of Canada. My segment starts around 30…
The Star Tribune has finally said the “b-word:” blackouts. Several of our readers reached out to me over the weekend to share this article from the Star Tribune, entitled “Midwest,…
Wind and solar companies are often assumed to be wholesome, good actors. While the vast majority of these companies are likely owned and operated by honest, hardworking Minnesotans, Minnesotans need…
An Indiana electric company has announced they will delay the closure of two units at a coal-fired power plant because of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Commerce of the…
A combination of unseasonably warm temperatures, plant maintenance, and a shortage of reliable power plant capacity on the electric grid could lead to a strain on the electricity system this…
A recent MinnPost article claimed that “clean energy is not only affordable, with the prices continuing to decrease, but also reliable and will lead us to energy independence.” It all…
The regional electric grid, the Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO), recently announced that there is not enough reliable power plant capacity on its system to meet its anticipated peak demand…
Last year on Earth Day, I wrote about Norman Borlaug, the University of Minnesota graduate whose work creating new, higher-yielding wheat varieties helped save one billion people from starvation and…
Alliance for a Better Minnesota Action Fund (ABM) is a far-left Political Action Committee that spent $7.3 million promoting liberal politicians and attacking conservatives during the 2020 election cycle, according…
Commodities investor Leigh Goehring joined Chris Keefer of the Decouple Podcast to break down the supply AND demand origins of our current energy crisis and its dire consequences, especially for…
I am very pleased to have co-authored the editorial piece below with Congressman Tom Tiffany from the 7th Congressional District of Wisconsin. The article was originally published in the Washington…
On Thursday, the Minnesota Senate Energy and Utilities Finance Committee will vote on a bill to lift Minnesota’s ban on building new nuclear power plants in the state. One would…
Today, I’ll be participating in a hearing on the benefits of nuclear power in the Minnesota Senate Energy and Utilities Finance Committee. You can tune into the hearing by clicking…
This morning, Congressman Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District asked me to help him introduce new legislation known as the Future Agriculture Retention and Management Act of 2022, or…
Despite the fanfare they receive, wind and solar power still account for less than 5 percent of the total energy used by Americans in 2020, losing out to traditional biomass,…
This week, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) voted to allow Xcel Energy to shut down their coal-fired power plants a decade before the end of their useful lifetimes and…