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The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) announced it will soon accept public comments on drafting rules to regulate underground carbon-dioxide pipelines. The emerging technology is touted as a climate change solution, but environmental groups are skeptical. The PUC recently declared it has regulatory authority over such pipelines, after it was initially believed only county governments in Minnesota had a say. ...

In the case of electric co-ps, it’s ratepayers — the people actually paying for and utilizing electricity — who act as owners...

A new report by Democracy Collaborative finds electric co-ops better suited for a green transition than for-profit corporate counterparts.

The Montevideo-based nonprofit Clean Up the River Environment told the Yellow Medicine County Board of Commissioners its concerns about risks associated with what would be a first-of-its-kind project by Summit Carbon Solutions. The $4.5 billion project would build a five-state, 2,000-mile pipeline network — with about 200 miles in Minnesota — to transport carbon dioxide from ethanol plants for sequestration in North Dakota.

Summit Carbon Solutions, joined by Granite Falls Energy, hosted meetings with landowners to negotiate easements for a proposed pipeline to carry carbon dioxide from the ethanol plant to North Dakota. The plant is among 31 ethanol plants in five states that are part of the proposed $4.5 billion project.

Summit Carbon Solutions, joined by Granite Falls Energy, hosted meetings with landowners to negotiate easements for a proposed pipeline to carry carbon dioxide from the ethanol plant to North Dakota. The plant is among 31 ethanol plants in five states that are part of the proposed $4.5 billion project.

Summary: Corporate executives and their investors should not be the ones who get to dictate what that looks like and who the winners and losers will be. The places and communities we call home and the lives we cultivate here are too precious for that.

Minnesota is looking at changing its pipeline approval process. Currently the only pipelines governed by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission are petroleum pipelines.

Minnesota is looking at changing its pipeline approval process. Currently the only pipelines governed by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission are petroleum pipelines.

Minnesota is looking at changing its pipeline approval process. Currently the only pipelines governed by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission are petroleum pipelines.