The Star Tribune ran my Iron Range “clean coal” story today on the back page of the business section. It might be a dying medium, but I still get a little thrill from seeing something I wrote published on newsprint!
Way too much on my plate this morning, so I need to keep this brief. I’ll be unpacking my thoughts/notes today on last night’s Policy & A Pint on “Cities, Bicycling and the Future of Getting Around.” I’m also going to be talking/playing phone tag with a few more entrepreneurs I want to feature in [...]
A student group at the University of Minnesota wants the school to set a time line for phasing out the burning of coal on campus. Students Beyond Coal, part of a national Sierra Club campaign, will stage a rally today against the fuel, which is a major source of greenhouse gases and other pollution. “We [...]
Greenhouse gases are trapping heat in our atmosphere and warming the planet at an alarming rate. Climate scientists believe if we don’t respond appropriately in the next decade or so, global warming will cause oceans to rise, disease to spread, droughts to prolong, storms and wildfires to intensify, and scores of species to go extinct. [...]
Tommy Creal builds motorcycles that are meant to catch the eye’s attention. That effect is intensified here in this sprawling, basement shop room beneath Minneapolis Community & Technical College (MCTC) where a pair of Creal’s custom choppers and all their flashy chrome curves share the space with rows of dull, boxy fans and air ducts [...]
It’s known as the Windy City, but its vehicle fleet could someday be powered by the sun. Chicago unveiled its first solar electric-vehicle charging station this month as part of a campaign to bolster the city’s green cred in its bid to host the 2016 Olympics. The 2.4-kilowatt battery system is small, but it demonstrates [...]
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