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• Old-style coal plants expanding
  Utilities across the country are building dozens of old-style coal plants that will cement the industry's standing as the largest industrial source of climate-changing gases for years to come.August 17, 2010
• Report: Xcel, contractor ignored worker safety in Colo. accident
  A draft report on a tunnel fire in 2007 that killed five workers at a Colorado hydroelectric plant accuses Xcel Energy Inc. and contractor RPI Coating Inc. of ignoring worker safety.August 12, 2010
• Xcel Energy: Wind-to-battery project a success so far
  Xcel Energy says a project in southwestern Minnesota that transfers power generated by wind turbines onto a large battery pack is working as hoped.August 4, 2010
• Mining industry rebound leads to big 2Q gain for Allete
  A rebounding taconite mining industry is helping the bottom line at Duluth-based electric provider Minnesota Power.August 4, 2010
• Green roofs may bring long-term energy savings
  Walking past the blank concrete walls of Williamson Hall, it's hard to imagine the roof was once a maze of diverse plant life. The University of Minnesota research project on green roofs is coming to a close, but the question remains of what to do with the research.July 25, 2010
• Murphy Oil selling Superior, Wis. refinery
  Murphy Oil Corporation is putting its Superior, Wisconsin oil refinery up for sale.July 23, 2010
• In 2009, number of ethanol jobs fell with price
  The Minnesota Agriculture Department said there were about 6,900 ethanol-related jobs in 2009, down about 20 percent from the previous year.July 22, 2010
• Ethanol industry scrambles to keep incentives
  The once-popular ethanol industry is scrambling to hold onto billions of dollars in government subsidies, fighting an increasing public skepticism of the corn-based fuel and wariness from lawmakers who may divert the money to other priorities.July 16, 2010
• Building a house that heats, powers itself
  One western Wisconsin man is building a house that will produce practically all the heat and power it needs. It's based on a German approach to home-building, called Passive House.July 16, 2010
• GF air base has safety concerns about wind power
  The Air Force and officials at the University of North Dakota's aviation school are concerned about possible wind power development in the region.June 24, 2010
• MDU, Otter Tail customers to pay for Big Stone II
  North Dakota customers of two utilities will be paying higher electric bills for three years for a power plant that will never be built.June 22, 2010
• Bill McKibben on global warming
  Environmental activist Bill McKibben warned of the dangers of global warming 20 years ago. His latest book takes an angrier edge as he urges a change in our lifestyles or risk living in an inhospitable world.Midmorning, June 21, 2010
• EPA: Climate bill costs less than postage stamp
  A climate and energy bill being pushed in the Senate would cost American households 22 to 40 cents a day - less than the cost of a first-class postage stamp, the Obama administration said Tuesday.June 15, 2010
• Minnesota plant will produce fertilizer from wind
  The winds sweeping across the Northern Plains could soon help farmers fertilize their crops of corn, wheat and sorghum.June 9, 2010
• Appeals court: Big transmission line project may go forward
  Eleven utilities, including Xcel Energy and Great River Energy, are building the 600 miles of lines to upgrade and expand the electric transmission grid.June 8, 2010

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