Remember the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Chair who was so torn over the burdens of exercising her authority over the Enbridge 3 pipeline replacement project last summer that she sobbed…
On October 11, 2016, three pipeline protesters from Seattle, Annette Klapstein, Emily Johnston, and Ben Joldersma, disguised as safety workers scaled a chain-link fence and used bolt cutters to unlock the…
Dayton's Department of Commerce filed their petition because they claimed Enbridge did not prove the oil was needed. Previous claims made by the Department of Commerce stating that the oil…
It’s hard to disagree with the malcontents that broke up the latest public meeting yesterday of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. Their main message? “PUC” stands for “Public Utilities Cowards,”…
Anti-pipeline activists forget that engineering is a science, and that it allows us to transport oil and natural gas safely through pipelines more than 99.999 percent of the time. These…
It’s still not clear which route the recently approved Enbridge 3 replacement pipeline will take through northern Minnesota. It doesn’t really matter. Regardless of the pipeline’s ultimate path, activists will be…
The national media has already written the first chapter of a potentially protracted standoff in northern Minnesota over the recently approved Enbridge 3 pipeline. The Wall Street Journal warns that…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Public Utilities Commission Commissioner Katie Sieben, who was appointed by Governor Mark Dayton, said the decision on whether to approve a replacement of the Line 3 oil pipeline “Has no…
The Minnesota Department of Commerce was unbelievably shortsighted when it said a new Line 3 wasn't needed. Click here to find out why.
Despite a few factual errors, the MPR podcast "Rivers of Oil," is pretty good.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Did you know protesters from across the country are expected in Minnesota this month to protest the Line 3 oil pipeline?
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Remember the apocalyptic protests over how catastrophic the Dakota Access Pipeline would be for the environment? That was then, this is now. The pipeline just celebrated its first full year…
Supporters of the Enbridge 3 pipeline in northern Minnesota paid a visit to Gov. Mark Dayton’s office at the State Capitol. They dropped off a petition with more than 1,200…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Minnesota Speaker of the House Kurt Daudt (R-Crown) recently took the rare step of speaking on the floor to give an impassioned speech on the vital importance of the Enbridge…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
Those who love water should also love the safest ways to transport oil. If they don't, then they aren't being intellectually honest.
The Enbridge Line 3 replacement oil pipeline project continues to languish in the labyrinth of the State of Minnesota’s regulatory maze. So pipeline proponents have formed an advocacy group called…
Construction on the Enbridge 3 replacement oil pipeline should start this year, once state regulators get out of the way and give final approval. The vital project will generate hundreds of well-paying…