LaDuke: Let the sun shine
A column by Winona LaDuke, an Ojibwe writer and economist on Minnesota’s White Earth Reservation. She also is co-curator of the Giiwedinong Museum in Park Rapids, Minnesota.| Park Rapids Enterprise
A column by Winona LaDuke, an Ojibwe writer and economist on Minnesota’s White Earth Reservation. She also is co-curator of the Giiwedinong Museum in Park Rapids, Minnesota.| Park Rapids Enterprise
The new biomass facility will reduce the band's annual carbon dioxide emissions by 116 tons while saving over $30,000 in fuel a year, according to estimates.| Cloquet Pine Journal
The Finance Committee poses questions that need answers to determine whether the city should consider acquiring Superior Water, Light & Power assets.| Superior Telegram
If Minnesota state regulators approve, Xcel's rates would rise by 9.6% this year and another 3.6% in 2026, generating a total of about $491 million.| Brainerd Dispatch
In a crowded ballroom, they urged state pollution regulators to consider the impacts on local communities. Environmentalists said the standard was attainable and long overdue.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
Zahn brothers deal in power infrastructure at National Conductor and Conductor Power| Pine & Lakes Echo Journal
Environmental groups celebrated the decision, which was expected to be voted on by the full chamber Wednesday.| Park Rapids Enterprise
In a crowded ballroom, they urged state pollution regulators to consider the impacts on local communities. Environmentalists said the standard was attainable and long overdue.| Park Rapids Enterprise
Miners say the stringent limit on sulfate released into wild rice waters puts their jobs at risk, while environmental groups and Indigenous tribes maintain the protection of wild rice is overdue.| Park Rapids Enterprise
Miners say the stringent limit on sulfate released into wild rice waters puts their jobs at risk, while environmental groups and Indigenous tribes maintain the protection of wild rice is overdue.| St. Cloud Live
A column by Winona LaDuke, an Ojibwe writer and economist on Minnesota’s White Earth Reservation. She also is co-curator of the Giiwedinong Museum in Park Rapids, Minnesota.| Detroit Lakes Tribune
A column by Winona LaDuke, an Ojibwe writer and economist on Minnesota’s White Earth Reservation. She also is co-curator of the Giiwedinong Museum in Park Rapids, Minnesota.| Bemidji Pioneer
Public officials have refused to take action for years, which some attribute to the industry’s outsize influence on the state| Agweek
Allete Inc. still has one regulatory approval needed for the sale to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Global Infrastructure Partners.| Superior Telegram
President-elect Donald Trump’s promised policies could have a major impact on Twin Metals’ mining project and Minnesota’s clean energy goals.| Cloquet Pine Journal
Don’t like to see solar eating up prime ag land? The University of Minnesota Morris grazes cows under solar panels to benefit both bovine and those utilizing renewable energy.| Agweek
Project supporters say Summit Carbon Solutions’ carbon dioxide pipeline will provide a lifeline to Midwestern corn growers, giving them an opportunity to sell low-carbon ethanol.| Dickinson Press
A total of 105 clean energy projects in Minnesota — solar, wind, hydro and battery storage — are estimated to create 10,382 jobs in the state| Detroit Lakes Tribune
The company said it hadn't abandoned earlier plans, the focus of a Minnesota DNR review on whether the mining permit should be denied.| Duluth News Tribune
NewRange is clearing out the quarter-mile-long concentrator building, which it hopes to use as a processing plant for a copper-nickel mine. But several key permits have been revoked or are on hold.| Duluth News Tribune
The state agency must now allow the EPA to provide written comments on the proposed copper-nickel mine's permit. The MPCA previously insisted the federal agency read the comments over the phone.| Duluth News Tribune
The permit "does not ensure compliance with water quality requirements of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa," according to the Army Corps.| Duluth News Tribune
Minnesota was a big winner in funds granted for REAP and HBIIP projects. In all, Minnesota businesses earned 84 grants totaling more than $16 million.| Agweek
The Industrial Commission named Nathan Anderson on Wednesday, Aug. 14, as the Department of Mineral Resource’s new executive director, succeeding Lynn Helms.| Grand Forks Herald
Discussing Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate pick, Burgum told Forum News Service that the Minnesota governor’s policies would be a detriment to North Dakota.| Grand Forks Herald
Different tailings disposal and dam construction methods are under review. So is processing more ore per day, a move that could shorten the project's 20-year mine life by five years.| Duluth News Tribune
The Industrial Commission named Nathan Anderson on Wednesday, Aug. 14, as the Department of Mineral Resource’s new executive director, succeeding Lynn Helms.| Dickinson Press
Discussing Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate pick, Burgum told Forum News Service that the Minnesota governor’s policies would be a detriment to North Dakota.| InForum
