Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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High gas prices might be a good thing for campgrounds in Northeast Minnesota.
(08/13/2008)
Some St. Paul community organizations are escalating their opposition to the proposed Central Corridor light rail project.
(08/11/2008)
Minnesota DFL Rep. Collin Peterson said he supports the EPA's decision not to reduce the federal ethanol mandate.
(08/08/2008)
The Environmental Protection Agency has denied a request to reduce the amount of biofuels that are required to be blended into gas. The ruling is important for Minnesota ethanol producers.
(08/07/2008)
Xcel Energy says operators at its Prairie
Island nuclear plant near Red Wing have successfully reduced levels of an ammonia-like chemical in the non-nuclear side of the plant.
(08/04/2008)
The high cost of gasoline and diesel fuel is putting a squeeze on some city budgets. The city of North Mankato's fuel budget is projected to be $64,000 in the red by the end of the year.
(08/04/2008)
Sixth District DFL congressional candidate Elwyn Tinklenberg called for conservation and alternatives to lower the price of gas.
(07/30/2008)
DFL Senate candidate Al Franken said the federal government should sell off 50 million barrels of oil from the nation's strategic petroleum reserve over the next three months.
(07/28/2008)
The Ford Motor Company announced this morning that its Twin Cities Assembly Plant in St. Paul will continue producing the Ranger small pickup through 2011.
(07/24/2008)
Cleveland Cliffs Corporation says it's planning modifications at its United Taconite plant in Forbes, Minn. that will increase production while decreasing air emissions.
(07/23/2008)
Sixth District Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann insists gas prices would drop significantly if oil companies could drill in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
(07/22/2008)
Sixth district DFL congressional candidate Elwyn Tinklenberg is proposing a $30 billion plan to boost the nation's sagging economy.
(07/22/2008)
Energy economists Peter Schwarz of the University of North Carolina Charlotte and Henry Lee of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government will offer their insight on Al Gore's recent proposal to dramatically reduce our dependence on fossil fuel within the next 10 years.
(Midday,
07/22/2008)
The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to rule later this week on a request to cancel a federal ethanol mandate. Livestock farmers, food companies and others want the requirement waived.
(07/21/2008)
Xcel Energy is dedicating its new High Bridge power plant today. Xcel replaced the existing coal-burning plant with a natural gas-fired unit
(07/21/2008)
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