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Minnesota Power plans more gas

May 2, 2026 By Stephanie Hemphill

Minnesota Power is in a position now where it could skip the gas leg of the transition, moving directly from coal to renewables+storage. But it doesn’t seem interested in making that leap.

The Not So Little Things

April 4, 2026 By Laurie Allmann

A plover’s tale

Stumbling toward clean energy

March 6, 2026 By Stephanie Hemphill

Trump paused spending under the Inflation Reduction Act on the first day of his second term. What other resources are there to move the energy transition along?

Northern goshawk

Struggle over Minnesota’s wildlife lands

October 31, 2025 By Stephanie Hemphill

“We couldn’t understand why the DNR was doing it this way except that they were being unduly influenced by the timber industry.”

Marking History

October 3, 2025 By Laurie Allmann

Looking back to look forward

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Data center headaches

September 5, 2025 By Stephanie Hemphill

“Maybe they’re starting to realize that the incomplete and inadequate environmental reviews they’ve doing aren’t going to stand up,”

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