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• After struggles, North Dakota grows into its ongoing oil boom
  The U.S. recently became the world's biggest producer of crude oil. The ongoing oil boom has transformed Great Plains towns like Watford City, North Dakota.November 23, 2018
• Climate change slows oil company plan to drill in the Arctic
  Development of the first oil production facility in federal Arctic waters will take longer than planned. That's because warming temperatures are melting the sea ice needed to build it.November 21, 2018
• Pardon me, turkey, is this stool taken? Scientists turn poultry poop into fuel
  When heated under proper conditions, turkey droppings transform into a form of coal, and serve as a renewable resource. Just think: Someday you might roast your holiday turkey using its own excrement.November 19, 2018
• Analysis of Minnesota's 10 percent solar goal says it can be met economically five years early
  The study was commissioned by Minnesota Solar Pathways, which is made up of utilities, nonprofit groups and government agencies working together to implement Minnesota's 2013 solar energy law.November 16, 2018
• Minneapolis, St. Paul get Bloomberg boost to address climate change
  Bloomberg Philanthropies has named both cities to its $70 million American Cities Climate Challenge, aimed at helping cities meet goals to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions.October 29, 2018
• Country's newest solar factory opens on the Iron Range
  The first solar panel factory to open in the U.S. in 2018 started production last week in Mountain Iron, Minn. Three other solar manufacturers have closed in Minnesota since last year. But there's hope this factory will buck the trend.September 25, 2018
• Future massive wind turbines in MN face blowback from neighbors
  The most powerful wind turbines ever seen in the state could soon be built in southwest Minnesota. The industry is ramping up turbine size in the name of efficiency, but the skyscraper-sized machines are also attracting more public opposition.September 10, 2018
• Study: Minnesota can meet climate goals through clean energy, electrification
  The latest study on how Minnesota can reach greenhouse gas reduction goals set back in 2007 shows renewable energy and a more connected grid can help de-carbonize the state's economy.August 3, 2018
• South Dakota officials approve new 300-megawatt wind farm
  State officials have approved a roughly 300-megawatt wind farm in Grant and Codington counties of northeastern South Dakota.July 11, 2018
• North Dakota sues Dakota Access over farmland ownership
  North Dakota's attorney general is suing the developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline over agricultural land the company owns in violation of a state law banning large corporations from owning farmland.July 10, 2018
• Protesters continue fight to stop Line 3 oil pipeline in Minnesota
  "I was so disappointed by the decision that the PUC made that certified the need for this pipeline because we don't need it," protester Tracy Kugler said. "We can generate power in so many other, better ways."July 1, 2018
• Large methane leaks threaten perception of 'clean' natural gas
  A new study finds that oil and gas operations are leaking 60 percent more methane than previously reported by the federal government.June 23, 2018
• OPEC countries to pump more oil to contain price increase
  The countries of the OPEC cartel agreed on Friday to pump 1 million barrels more crude oil per day, a move that should help contain the recent rise in global energy prices.June 22, 2018
• Firm prepares to mine land previously protected as national monument
  The land used to be within the boundary of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. President Trump slashed the protected acreage by nearly half last year.June 21, 2018
• What does Shakespeare have to do with 'energy?' (Trust us, there's a link)
  In his new book, Richard Rhodes lays out an accessible and surprisingly optimistic history of energy by exploring the lives of scientists and inventors -- and a few unlikely people, like the Bard of Avon.May 31, 2018

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