Earth Journal
The battle over ‘Losing Earth’: Why a new history of climate inaction has inspired so much pushback
Was there really such broad consensus on what had to be done to address climate change? Was the marquee failure all that pivotal?
Energy
Community Voices
Mining is critical to a sustainable 21st-century economy
The recent negative tenor of public discussion about the status of mining has been disheartening. Without mining, we cannot solve our most serious environmental problems, starting with climate change.
Letters
Rebuilding Enbridge Line 3 on the proposed route makes a lot of sense
Enbridge Line 3 has been Minnesota’s lifeline to affordable, North American-made crude oil since the 1960s.
Community Voices
There is a better way: The preferred route for a necessary pipeline
PUC staff agreed in a recent report that Enbridge’s new route would have the least impact on the environment.
Community Voices
Wind energy: new revenue, new jobs, new hope
A new report from Moody’s Investors Service highlights how wind projects are boosting tax revenues and helping erase debt in rural communities that host them.
Economic Vitality in Greater Minnesota
Solar power could be huge in Greater Minnesota — if they can find the people to build it
Last year solar jobs dropped 4 percent nationwide, while in Minnesota they rose 48.2 percent. Many installers complain that they can’t get enough labor for the demand.
Community Voices
Minnesota grid would benefit from a diversified energy portfolio
Clean energy is no longer a liberal pipe dream, and conservatives need to embrace it.
From Other Nonprofit Media
Workers are climbing wind turbines to the middle class
Community colleges — and at least one high school — are starting programs to train students for these in-demand occupations.
Community Voices
Municipalities should remove red tape to encourage solar
If our communities would streamline administrative regulations, we could lower the cost of going solar by as much as $500 for a typical home rooftop system.
Earth Journal
U.S. solar growth dimmed a bit in 2017, but Minnesota’s picture stayed brighter
Smaller-scale, community-based “solar gardens” kept Minnesota accelerating as national progress slowed.