Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Can Minnesota have a renewable energy supply?
  In his Oval Office address, President Obama urged the country to unleash American innovation to create a green energy future. How can Minnesota get from here to there?11:00 a.m.
  Guests
  Bill Glahn: Director of Office of Energy Security, Minnesota Department of Commerce.
  J. Drake Hamilton: Science policy director, Fresh Energy.
  More from MPR
  EPA: Climate bill costs less than postage stamp (06/15/2010)
  Minnesota plant will produce fertilizer from wind (06/09/2010)
  Appeals court: Big transmission line project may go forward (06/08/2010)
  The environmental cost of oil's journey to Minnesota (06/04/2010)
  Prairie Island unit back on line (05/27/2010)
  Northern Minn. cities burn wood for power (05/21/2010)
  Last year's solar installations break state record (05/19/2010)
  St. Paul offers no-interest loans for energy-saving home improvements (05/19/2010)
  $26 million in environmental projects to start in July (05/19/2010)
  In Granite Falls, plans to harness 'quiet renewable' (05/18/2010)
  State issues new pipeline regulations to prevent house explosions (05/10/2010)
  Effort to lift nuclear ban still alive, but with restrictions (05/07/2010)
  Increase in wind turbines concerns conservationists (05/07/2010)
  Government OKs first U.S. offshore wind farm, off Mass. (04/28/2010)
  Future of cellulosic ethanol remains uncertain (04/26/2010)
  Resources
  MN Office of Energy Security website
  Fresh Energy website
• Are electric vehicles the way of the future?
  Four people working to make electric cars a reality gathered recently at the Commonwealth Club of California to discuss the challenges and promises of electric vehicles.12:00 p.m.
  Guests
  Mark Duvall: director of electric transportation at the Electric Power Research Institute, also known as EPRI.
  Tony Posawatz: vehicle line director for General Motors' Chevy Volt.
  Jit Bhattacharya: CEO of Mission Motors, which is developing electric motocycles.
  Richard Lowenthal: founder and CEO of Coulomb Technologies Inc., a leader in the infrastructure needed to charge electric vehicles.
  More from MPR
  As oil spills, Obama touts alternative energy (05/26/2010)
  St. Paul offers no-interest loans for energy-saving home improvements (05/19/2010)
  U of M cuts energy use by 5 percent, saves $2 million (04/13/2010)
  Report: Clean energy jobs grow 6 times faster than other jobs (03/25/2010)
  Resources
  Commonwealth Club of California

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