Energy & Resources

• Expanded nuclear power gets a hearing in Minnesota
  The debate over expanding Minnesota's nuclear energy gets an airing at the Capitol this week.March 22, 2009
• Oil refiner to obtain 7 VeraSun ethanol plants
  A couple of traditional enemies in the energy field may be moving a little closer together. For the first time, an oil company will independently produce corn ethanol. Valero Energy, the nation's largest oil refiner, has won the right to buy seven bankrupt VeraSun ethanol plants, including one in Minnesota..March 18, 2009
• Vice president to visit Minnesota; will tout economic stimulus
  Vice President Biden's town hall forum at the New Flyer Bus Company will be in the congressional district of a vocal critic of the federal spending plan.March 15, 2009
• Janesville, Minn. hit hard in the ethanol bust
  In the southern Minnesota town of Janesville, a brand new ethanol plant sits idle and unused, a sign of how bad things are in the industry.March 13, 2009
• Utility cancels $1.8 billion Iowa power plant
  Interstate Power and Light canceled the coal-fired power plant citing the economy and uncertainty over legislative and regulatory changes.March 5, 2009
• Heating assistance requests up ten percent
  A record numnber of Minnesota families need help with their heating bills this winter. So far, about ten percent more families have been served by the state's low income energy assistance program.February 26, 2009
• High-voltage power lines could criss-cross Minnesota
  A for-profit transmission line company wants to build a massive power line across seven states, including Minnesota. The line would take wind from the Dakotas and Minnesota to Chicago and farther east.February 23, 2009
• Stimulus could free up funding for alternative energy projects
  The Obama stimulus package has brightened the outlook for wind power and other forms of renewable energy in Minnesota and one of the most helpful features of the legislation may be tax credits designed to boost production.February 18, 2009
• Customers lock in gas prices at fuel bank
  A St. Cloud-based company is cashing in on consumer demand for a predictable gas price. First Fuel Banks allow customers to lock in the price of gas. Sometimes, that locked price is higher than the price at other gas stations.February 11, 2009
• Iron Range hoping stimulus jumpstarts mining industry
  With the taconite industry in the dumps, many people on Minnesota's Iron Range are eagerly awaiting a federal stimulus package. Already one taconite company has shut down production and others have trimmed workers. In Minnesota, the Iron Range might be one of the first beneficiaries of a stimulus.February 9, 2009
• Food: the next frontier in recycling
  More than 80 percent of what we throw away is recyclable and a lot of that is food, which could be converted to "black gold."February 9, 2009
• Officials, administrators gather to share energy ideas
  As local officials prepare for likely state budget cuts, many of them gathered in St. Cloud Thursday to exchange ideas on how to conserve energy and save money.January 22, 2009
• Hastings home to nation's first hydrokinetic power station
  In Hastings today, workers will begin installing the country's first commercial hydrokinetic power station.December 29, 2008
• Bike commuting is up, even with lower gas prices
  With gas prices down by half since this summer, it's cheaper to get around than it has been in years. Still, bus ridership, car pooling, even bicycling are up this winter.December 26, 2008
• How to fix a 'hot, flat and crowded' world
  Thomas Friedman says the current green movement is no revolution, and that it will take strong American leadership -- and some pain -- to destabilize global climate change.Midday, December 18, 2008

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