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Letters

Minneapolis can choose a better energy future, and DFL convention is key

John Farrell, Minneapolis | 06/13/13

This fall we can choose a better energy future for Minneapolis. The opportunity may rest on what happens Saturday at the DFL city convention.

Letters

Don't blame government or industry for high gas prices

Rolf Westgard, St. Paul | 06/12/13

I suggest the last thing we need is lower gas prices, more driving, and more traffic jams.

Do we really need mass transit to limit our dependence on cars?
Cityscape

Do we really need mass transit to limit our dependence on cars?

By Marlys Harris | 06/11/13

A study concludes that it isn’t so much the availability of transit that makes people use cars less, but density itself.

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Cityscape

Housing market makeover: Some big changes coming to the Twin Cities

By Marlys Harris | 06/07/13

Demographic shifts, changing preferences and accelerating energy costs will change the metro region.

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Community Voices

Waste-to-energy technology is cleaner and safer than generally believed

By Shawn Lawrence Otto | 06/06/13

Opposition has delayed or stopped WTE plants across the nation, largely in liberal-controlled urban areas. But the opposition is misguided.

Political Agenda

Electric-car charging-station numbers surging in Twin Cities area

By Joe Kimball | 06/05/13

The Line lists existing and planned stations, and says the number is surging.

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MinnClips

St. Paul students build solar-powered boats

By Tom Nehil | 05/30/13

The students built boats to participate in the annual Solar Boat Regatta.

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Greater Minnesota

Gas prices change behaviors; schools breathing sigh of relief

By John Fitzgerald | 05/28/13

ALSO: Schools like the new funding bill; DNR gets 549 acres in southern Minnesota; apple growers hope for bumper crop; and more.

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Greater Minnesota

Wind-to-hydrogen project planned in Renville County

By John Fitzgerald | 04/30/13

ALSO: Frac sand demonstrators arrested in Winona; farmers waiting to get into fields; record number of Duluth teachers retiring; and more.

Global Post

Indonesians sue ExxonMobil in US court

By Sara Schonhardt | 04/26/13

Villagers in Aceh claim ExxonMobil is responsible for human rights abuses committed by Indonesian soldiers guarding its natural gas pipeline and processing facility.