Print Column: Xcel’s Coal-Free Plan Is Politics Not Reality
MINOT, N.D. — “Xcel Energy plans to shutter its two remaining coal plants in the Upper Midwest a decade earlier...
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New Amendment Could Reignite Fight in Legislature Over Wind Energy
The joke among lawmakers this legislative session is that the wind energy industry, exercised by legislation aimed at undermining some...
Connie Krapp: At What Cost Wind and Not Coal?
Last week, Great River Energy announced it will shut down its coal-based Stanton Station power plant. If nothing changes in...
John Andrist: The Wind Blows, Silent And Invisible
When I was young I detested the wind. Perhaps the dust is a better word. In the days of my...
Steve Van Dyke: Seven Things To Know About North Dakota's Energy Landscape
The oil boom has created a large need for more electricity in North Dakota and also in Montana and South...
Fun Earth Day Fact: Renewable Energy Was Just 7.8% Of American Power Last Year, And That's Down From…1949
Earth Day is tomorrow, and here's something that might blow your mind as you read the stories about our allegedly...
Goss Column: Green Energy Alternatives Hit The Poor Hard
Between 2008 and 2012, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Americans making less than $20,000 increased the share of...
Major Minnesota Wind Project On The Verge Of Collapse
A major Minnesota wind project which initially saw investment from billionaire T. Boone Pickens before being sold to New Era...
Off-Shore Wind Power Companies Collecting More In Federal Subsidies Than They Pay In Federal Royalties
The Obama administration spends a lot of its time sandbagging and attacking fossil-fuel energy development while spending a lot of...
North Dakotans Got An Early Preview Of Obama's Politics By Any Means Necessar
Each day it seems we’re treated - if that’s the right word for it - to a new and depressing...
