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Renewable natural gas plant planned for landfill in Inver Grove Heights The facility is the first of its kind in Minnesota.  April 13, 2021 — 11:52am Text size Copy shortlink: Landfill biogases will be converted into natural gas under a company's plans to build a new facility — the first of its kind in the state — at the Pine Bend landfill in Inver Grove Heights. The plant, approved by the city council Monday, will be built and run by Fortistar, a White Plains, N.Y.-based investment firm that provides capital to build and man...

Urging Biden to Stop Line 3, Indigenous-Led Resistance Camps Ramp Up Efforts to Slow Construction Biden has pledged to make environmental justice, including Native rights, a cornerstone of his climate policy, but his response to Line 3 remains uncertain. February 16, 2021 Protesters of Enbridge Energy's Line 3 replacement project walk through the project's construction zone near Palisade, Minnesota. The oil pipeline will stretch through 337 miles in northern Minnesota. Credit: Nedahness Greene Related Share this article The Biden administration may have finally put the Keystone XL pipeline to...

It seems the discontent from protesters stems not so much with the pipeline itself but rather their disgust for crude oil, the same resource used to heat their homes during the winter and fuel their cars to get them where they need to go.

Copy shortlink: Flint Hills Resources is contemplating the construction of a large on-site solar farm to generate electricity for its sprawling Pine Bend oil refinery in Rosemount. Flint Hills said Tuesday it is reviewing bids from developers for a plant that would be built just west of the refinery on 200 to 300 acres of farmland owned by the company. Flint Hills, an arm of Wichita, Kan.-based Koch Industries, will decide on whether to proceed by midyear. "There is not really any project like this in Minnesota," said Jake Reint, spokesman for Flint Hills. Indeed, the ...

Rosemount refinery put out bids for its own large solar plant Mike Hughlett, Star Tribune © Star Tribune/Star Tribune/GLEN STUBBE/ glen.stubbe@startribune.com/Star Tribune/TNS Flint Hills Resources has put out bids for a solar plant to help fuel its Pine Bend refinery in Rosemount. Flint Hills Resources is contemplating the construction of a large on-site solar farm to generate electricity for its sprawling Pine Bend oil refinery in Rosemount. Flint Hills said Wednesday it's reviewing bids from developers for a plant that would be built just west of the refinery on 200 to 3...