John Tuma’s Capitol Update – The Pre-Session Version Most Minnesotans think the nuclear debate in Minnesota began with the 1994 battle dealing with the storage of nuclear waste in dry… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Energy
Midwesterners in Copenhagen
Want to learn more about the climate talks happening in Copenhagen, December 7-18? Watch videos, read tweets and blogs, and look at photos of the events, all from Midwesterners in… Read more »
More on the President’s Proposed Budget
The budget proposal released by President Obama last week is a long and complicated document (140 pages, PDF). It departs significantly from how things have been done in the past… Read more »
What does the stimulus plan mean for our Great Outdoors?
While Minnesotans offer their ideas on how to deal with the massive state budget deficit at community hearings throughout the state in the next few weeks, we should take time… Read more »
When a picture is worth more than 1,000 words
by Lynne Bly, Transportation Policy Director, Fresh Energy Don’t you sometimes have the sense that if only the folks we policy wonk types are trying to persuade about the consequences… Read more »
Not sure where your candidates for Congress stand on energy issues? Ask them!
by Carin Skoog, global warming solutions coordinator, Fresh Energy Just this morning (Thursday, August 21st), the 3rd Congressional district candidates for Congress squared off in their first debate. Hosted by… Read more »
New climate justice report urges fair climate policy solutions
by Erin Stojan Ruccolo, program coordinator, Fresh Energy As consideration of the finer mechanics of a regional cap and trade program are underway through the Midwestern Governor’s Association, a recently… Read more »
Science Debate 2008: 14 questions the candidates should answer about science and America’s future
By J. Drake Hamilton, science policy director, Fresh Energy Is America losing its competitive edge in science, medicine, engineering, and energy? According to a June 2008 poll conducted on behalf… Read more »
Is it Practical to Plug into the Prairie?
When Ron Bowen planted his first prairie for a landowner over three decades ago, the client’s motivation was pretty clear. “The main question was, ‘Is it pretty?’ It was an… Read more »
Maria Energia Goes to Texas
Blogger Maria Surma Manka (Maria Energia to her readers) was invited by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) to cover their WINDPOWER 2008 conference in Houston during the first week… Read more »