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How Does a Utility Turn a Net-Zero Vision into Reality? That’s What They’re Arguing About in Minnesota Xcel Energy says natural gas must be part of the energy transition. Others say wind, solar and batteries can do the job. February 17, 2021 Xcel Energy is proposing to stop burning coal at the Sherburne County Generating Station in Becker, Minnesota, and build a new natural gas power plant on the site. Credit: Tony Webster Related Share this article In the national debate over the role of natural gas power in the energy transition, some of the key players are digging in for a battle in Mi...

Ag Briefs: Farm hires down in 2020 Wisconsin State Farmer WI Legislature to vote on $500 million tax cut The Wisconsin Legislature overwhelmingly approved a half-billion dollar tax cut for businesses that received loans to help them keep employees on the payroll during the pandemic, one of several measures related to the coronavirus that are slated for consideration. The bill cutting business taxes by $540 million by the middle of 2023 was up for a vote in both the Senate and Assembly. It will head to to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers who was non-committal last week about whether he would sign or...

US poultry plant workers complain of intimidation after fatal chemical leak Lewis Kendall © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Elijah Nouvelage/AFP/Getty Meat plant workers who were injured and displaced after a fatal accident in the US last month are alleged to have been intimidated and offered limited medical care. A liquid nitrogen leak at a Foundation Food Group poultry plant in Gainesville, Georgia, killed six people in January and hospitalised at least 11 others. A coalition of organisers, attorneys and community members claims that, since the fatal incident, worker...

Union election in Alabama: Which way forward for Amazon workers? The 5,800 workers at the BHM1 Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama, will soon vote on whether to accept representation by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), an affiliate of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW). Mail-in voting will start February 8 and end March 29 with the tally expected the next day. On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rejected a motion by Amazon to delay the vote. Amazon workers protest unsafe working conditions in Staten Island, New York, on March 30,...

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