2023
Great River Energy adding fuel oil capacity to Cambridge gas plant to use during big weather events | StarTribune — Walker Orenstein (11/09/2023)
Plan to convert Cambridge gas plant to burn diesel gets OK | Minnesota Public Radio – Kirsti Mahron (11/09/2023)
Groundwater is still contaminated months after a BNSF derailment in Minnesota. No one told the town. | KSTP – Ryan Raiche (11/08/2023)
CURE & Sierra Club Criticize DOE’s Poor Analysis Of Project Tundra | Carbon Herald — Violet George (09/25/2023)
CO2 pipelines rejected by regulators in the Dakotas, putting Minnesota status in limbo | StarTribune — Christopher Vondracek (09/07/2023)
Minnesota regulators push Summit carbon dioxide pipeline forward to environmental review | StarTribune — Christopher Vondracek (08/31/2023)
Summit Carbon environmental study limited to 2 Minnesota counties | AgWeek (08/31/2023)
Minnesota regulators vote to proceed with environmental review of disputed carbon capture pipeline | Associated Press — Steve Karnowski (08/31/2023)
Eminent domain laws are splitting Midwest landowner attitudes toward CO2 pipelines | Star Tribune — Christopher Vondracek (08/17/2023)
Inject carbon under U.S. forest land? Federal government is considering allowing it. | Star Tribune — Jennifer Bjorhus (08/15/2023)
Denied: Proposed CO2 pipeline finds resistance in North Dakota | Fergus Falls Daily Journal — James Allen (08/10/2023)
New Twist in Regional Carbon Pipeline Plan Felt in MN | Public News Service — Mike Moen (08/09/2023)
$22 million withheld from Minnesota DNR until it proves wildlife priority before logging | Star Tribune — Tony Kennedy (08/08/2023)
Plan to convert Cambridge natural gas plant to burn diesel gets pushback | Minnesota Public Radio – Kirsti Mahron (06/20/2023)
Without eminent domain, Summit pipeline route in Minnesota looks different | Alexandria Echo Press – Jeff Beach (5/3/2023)
Letter: North Dakota must seize opportunity to lead the clean energy economy | Fargo Forum (InForum) — Duane Ninneman (4/21/2023)
Minnesota group files appeal on Summit Carbon pipeline environmental review | AgWeek – Jeff Beach (2/27/2023)
Minnesota should resist pressure from North Dakota coal lobby to weaken climate legislation | MinnPost — Duane Ninneman (01/25/2023)
Farmer, attorney promote carbon pipeline mitigation agreements | Marshall Independent – Fritz Busch (1/25/2023)
‘Carbon Express’ pipeline runs into skepticism in Minnesota farm country | Star Tribune – Jennifer Bjorhus (1/24/2023)
Minnesota regulators vote to require environmental impact statement for CO2 pipeline | Star Tribune – Mike Hughlett (1/5/2023)
PUC requires environmental review for first proposed carbon pipeline in Minnesota | Minnesota Public Radio – Hannah Yang (1/5/2023)
CURE applauds PUC decision requiring environmental review for CO2 pipeline but troubled by limited scope | CURE – Anne Borgendale (1/5/2023)
Summit Carbon pipeline on Minnesota PUC agenda; including scope of environmental review | Ag Week – Jeff Beach (1/5/2023)
2022
Scope of environmental review an early issue for carbon pipelines in Minnesota | Ag Week – Jeff Beach (11/4/2022)
Proposed CO2 pipelines are bad for Minnesota | MINNPOST – Maggie Schuppert & Anne Borgendale (10/12/2022)
CO2 pipeline proposal draws mixed reactions in SW Minn. | Minnesota Public Radio – Hannah Yang (9/23/2022)
Rural Electric Co-ops Get a ‘Downpayment’ on the Renewable Future | The Daily Yonder — Anya Slepyan (9/19/2022)
Rural electric co-ops see new opportunity in Inflation Reduction Act | Times Union — Lissa Harris (9/14/2022)
Rural Energy Is Especially Dirty and in Debt. Enter the Inflation Reduction Act | The New Republic — Kate Aronoff (9/1/2022)
For southeast Minnesota’s rural electric co-ops, Inflation Reduction Act funding will level the playing field | Rochester Post Bulletin — Dene K. Dryden (8/25/2022)
New law provides $9.7 billion in clean energy funding for rural cooperatives | West Central Tribune — Tom Cherveny (8/21/2022)
New Federal Climate Bill Renews Hope for MN Groups | Public News Service – Mike Moen (8/16/2022)
CURE working with landowners concerned about proposed pipeline | West Central Tribune – Tom Chervney (7/30/2022)
Concerned about Summit Carbon Solutions proposed CO2 pipeline & shady tactics brings landowners together | CURE (7/29/2022)
MN Nears Next Step in Regulating Underground Carbon Pipelines | Ag Week – Mike Moen (6/10/2022)
Electric co-ops are well situated to lead the green energy transition, report finds | Shareable — Robert Raymond (5/31/2022)
Minnesota moves to regulate carbon dioxide pipelines | Minnesota Public Radio — Dan Gunderson (5/19/2022)
Bushmills Ethanol of Atwater partners with Summit Carbon Solutions to reduce carbon emissions | West Central Tribune – Jennifer Kotila (4/15/2022)
Drive for carbon pipeline easements underway in west central Minnesota | AgWeek – Tom Cherveny (4/13/2022)
Carbon pipeline panelist says to ‘rethink’ easement compensation | Post Bulletin – Jeff Beach (3/8/2022)
Duane Ninneman commentary: Who wins and who loses with CO2 pipelines? | CURE (3/3/2022)
Some rural co-ops embrace renewable energy, keep rates flat | Minnesota Public Radio — Kirsti Mahron (1/19/2022)
The pipeline project is in very preliminary stages, but the proposed path covers land in Minnesota, with a leg of the pipeline running through Otter Tail County (OTC) just north of Fergus Falls. The Daily Journal – Mary Bethel Olson (01/04/2022)
2021
Minnesota will consider regulating CO2 pipelines, including one in Otter Tail County | Echo Press –(12/21/2021)
West central Minnesota counties are along proposed path of $4.5B carbon capture pipeline | West Central Tribune (11/24/2021)
The clean energy transformation must include rural communities — Opinion | Minnesota Reformer – Anne Borgendale (9/23/2021)
Company proposes carbon capture project that would include Granite Falls Energy, other Minnesota ethanol plants | West Central Tribune (08/26/2021)
2020
Dueling demonstrations have become a weekly fixture in Appleton, Minn. | Star Tribune– John Reinan (8/17/2020)
Great River Energy’s plans to replace coal with wind power means changes for many rural Minnesota power cooperatives | West Central Tribune — Carolyn Lange (5/07/2020)
Hey senators: Don’t presume to speak for all rural Minnesotans. We want electric cars and hybrids, too | Minnesota Reformer — Anne Borgendale (3/2/2020)
2019
Report Charts Pathway for Rural Clean Energy | Public News Service — Roz Brown (07/03/2019)
2018
Minnesota co-op websites get failing grade on disclosing power sources | Energy News Network — Frank Jossi (11/16/2018)
2015
More than 100 people turn out to paddle length of Minnesota River | Bring Me The News — BMTN Staff (6/15/2015)
2013
On the Minnesota River, ‘paddling theater’ offers entertainment and adventure | Minnesota Pubic Radio — Ackerman + Gruber (5/19/2013)
Floating theater celebrates state’s Water Trails system | Star Tribune — Kim Ode (5/6/2013)
Arts economy rises on the southwest prairie | Minnesota Pubic Radio — Jennifer Vogel (3/6/2013)
Theater as small town therapy | Minnesota Pubic Radio — Jennifer Vogel (2/5/2013)
2012
Reaching sustainability in Minnesota, one city at a time | MinnPost — Gregg Aamot (7/16/2012)
Proposal approved for controversial granite quarry | Minnesota Pubic Radio — Mark Steil (5/1/2012)
Minneapolis art students share ideas with a small city | Minnesota Pubic Radio — Dave Peters (3/1/2012)
2008
Commentary: Energy — Why ownership matters | The Land — Patrick Moore and Duane Ninneman (7/3/2008)
Minn. Green Policy Looms Over Neighbor | Washington Post — Gregg Aamot (3/4/2008)
2006
South Dakota power plant worries Minnesota residents | Minnesota Pubic Radio — Mark Steil (4/4/2006)