“Rep. Bachmann’s earmark for a massive freeway would cost taxpayers $600 million, cause more pollution and traffic, and irreversibly damage the beauty of the lower St. Croix,” said Rebecca Wodder. . . . Full story here. 2014 Related update: HEREContinue Reading
It’s important to know your neighbors, especially if they’re big polluters. You don’t want to experience the health complications of such poor neighbors because of longterm exposure, and the only way to get a large business to change there ways, to clean up their act, is to confront them withContinue Reading
BLUE EARTH — A Fairmont ethanol plant’s plan to build a 20-mile pipeline that would daily discharge 500,000 gallons of treated water into the Blue Earth River is bringing opposition from those who say it is a step backward in attempts to clean up the river. See Full story here.Continue Reading
Using a common metal most famously found in self-cleaning ovens, Sossina Haile hopes to change our energy future. The metal is cerium oxide—or ceria—and it is the centerpiece of a new technology developed by Haile and her colleagues that concentrates solar energy and uses it to efficiently convert carbon dioxideContinue Reading
The city estimates each vehicle would reduce annual carbon emissions by 3.5 tons and save $1,300 per year in fuel costs. Over a six-year period, the Transit Connect is estimated to cost $1,800 in electricity. Among the locations for the chargers will be RiverCentre/Xcel Energy Center parking ramps and areasContinue Reading