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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Big Stone II sinking fast Administrative law judges give controversial coal plant thumbs down -- final decision up to PUC	Ted Nace	09 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: coal, energy, Minnesota, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Minnesota to Bill Gates: No new coal! Legislators protest Gates family's stake in Big Stone II	Ted Nace	04 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: coal, energy, Minnesota, politics, state politics (all these topics)

And So It Begins Early-spring images from the headwaters of the Mississippi River		10 Apr 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: Minnesota, Mississippi River, wildlife (all these topics)

Convention Wisdom Republican convention will go green		05 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 1:22 PM on 05 Mar 2008 Not to be outdone by the Democratic convention, the Republican convention will, indeed, go green. While hosting divisive delegate debates over the best way to address environmental issues from a GOP perspective, the Minneapolis convention hall will boast recycled-fiber carpet, booths and stages constructed of local, sustainably harvested wood, water in petroleum-free bottles, biodegradable plates, composted f ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, elections, Minnesota, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

It's the PC Thing to Do Kansas, Minnesota pledge to green up government computer systems		09 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 7:29 AM on 09 Nov 2007 Think of states that are environmental frontrunners, and Kansas and Minnesota may not leap immediately to mind. But it's those two that are taking the lead in reducing energy use from government computer systems. Teaming up with the industry-backed Climate Savers Computing Initiative, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) and Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) -- whose states each ...
Topics: business, greening biz operations, Kansas, Minnesota, news, politics, state politics, tech (all these topics)

Honey, pack up, we're moving to ... Minnesota! Who knew the stoic people of Minnesota were so advanced?	JMG	31 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: energy, energy efficiency, legislation, Minnesota, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

You Can Grow Your Own Ray Jason Edens, rural solar advocate, answers readers' questions		31 Mar 2006	InterActivist
Jason Edens, Rural Renewable Energy Alliance. How do I find out if my site is suitable for solar, and how do I go about building my own system?�� -- Louise Wickham, Wellington, New Zealand Determining if your site is suitable for solar starts with assessing your solar resource. Essentially, you're determining if enough sunlight strikes the proposed solar array location to make it worthwhile. We u ...
Topics: energy, energy at home, green living, InterActivist, interview, Japan, Minnesota, Poverty and the Environment, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Garden of Edens Jason Edens, rural solar advocate, answers Grist's questions		27 Mar 2006	InterActivist
Jason Edens. Where do you work? I work at the Rural Renewable Energy Alliance, a grassroots nonprofit organization whose mission is to make solar power accessible to people of all income levels. What does your organization do? At RREAL, we install solar heating systems onto the homes of low-income families qualifying for energy assistance. In Minnesota, and indeed across the country, hundreds of thousands of ...
Topics: energy, energy at home, green living, InterActivist, interview, Japan, Minnesota, Poverty and the Environment, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

When You Dish Upon a Star		07 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
When You Dish Upon a Star Minnesota would become the first state in the U.S. to effectively ban phosphorus in automatic-dishwashing detergent if a bill working its way through the state legislature gets the eventual thumbs-up. Phosphorus, which helps to remove those oh-so-unsightly spots from glasses and dishware, ultimately g ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, lakes, Minnesota, politics, pollution and waste, rivers and watersheds, water pollution (all these topics)

Gopher It!		04 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
Gopher It! Twelve ethanol plants in Minnesota signed on to an unprecedented agreement with state and federal EPA officials earlier this week, agreeing to pay pollution fines and update their emissions-reduction technology. An official at the U.S. EPA said ethanol plants across the country would be expected to follow the lead of the Minnesota plants. A spokesperson for the plants said the industry had a " ...
Topics: energy, Minnesota, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics)

Fermenting Rebellion		17 May 2002	Daily Grist

Topics: air pollution, energy, Minnesota, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Oregon Trailblazers		06 Sep 2001	Daily Grist
Oregon Trailblazers When it comes to sustainability, Oregon is No. 1, says the San Francisco-based Resource Renewal Institute. The group ranked states on transit spending, open-space protection, recycling, and pollution prevention, among other things. New Jersey (shocking!) and Minnesota came in second and third, respectively. The institute's Randy Solomon said Oregon took top honors be ...
Topics: green living, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, placemaking, Portland (all these topics)

Sprawl and The Body Politic Jesse Ventura wants to ride light rail	Erik Ness	18 Jun 1999	Main Dish
PR professionals the world over must be scratching their heads at the sudden surge of interest in sprawl. The topic has all the sex appeal of a zoning meeting or a traffic jam -- being about zoning meetings and traffic jams -- and its number-one spokesperson is V. (as in vanilla) P. Al Gore. The planet almost tilts as the viewing public reaches en masse for their remotes, surfing for something more entert ...
Topics: Minnesota, placemaking, politics, public transportation, sprawl, state politics, urban planning (all these topics)

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