John Tuma’s Capitol Update – March 26, 2010 “Peculiar haze, or smokey fog … unlike anything known within the memory of man.” – English naturalist Gilbert White, Summer 1783 Natural events in history can sometimes produce a set of coincidences which play out over the years leaving one perplexed at the twist of fate. One… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Energy
Some Good Agitation for Our State’s Nuclear Energy Policy
John Tuma’s Capitol Update – March 5, 2010 “I think the agitation that I made on the matter contributed much to the discontinuance by the government of the pernicious practice” -General Christopher C. Andrews, 1902 Of my favorite of the many Civil War portraits that adorn the Capitol is the one just above the receptionist… Read more »
The Law of Nuclear Waste
John Tuma’s Capitol Update – The Pre-Session Version “There is a basic law of nuclear waste often overlooked – all waste remains where it is first put.” – Richard Wilson Riley, Then Governor of South Carolina, 1982* This little bit of southern frankness from South Carolina happened to find its way into Minnesota… Read more »
Minnesota’s Rich History in the Debate over Nuclear Energy
John Tuma’s Capitol Update – The Pre-Session Version Most Minnesotans think the nuclear debate in Minnesota began with the 1994 battle dealing with the storage of nuclear waste in dry casks at Prairie Island just outside of Red Wing. The essential result of that debate was the compromise allowing limited storage of nuclear waste in… Read more »
Midwesterners in Copenhagen
Want to learn more about the climate talks happening in Copenhagen, December 7-18? Watch videos, read tweets and blogs, and look at photos of the events, all from Midwesterners in Denmark this month. Check out the Will Steger Foundation’s website and RE-AMP’s collection of information. Recommend on Facebook Share on google plus Tweet about it
More on the President’s Proposed Budget
The budget proposal released by President Obama last week is a long and complicated document (140 pages, PDF). It departs significantly from how things have been done in the past in many regards, so it will take a while for conservation and environmental groups to fully assess its implications on environmental policies. Recommend on Facebook… Read more »
What does the stimulus plan mean for our Great Outdoors?
While Minnesotans offer their ideas on how to deal with the massive state budget deficit at community hearings throughout the state in the next few weeks, we should take time to reflect on how recent federal actions will impact our Great Outdoors. Recommend on Facebook Share on google plus Tweet about it
When a picture is worth more than 1,000 words
by Lynne Bly, Transportation Policy Director, Fresh Energy Don’t you sometimes have the sense that if only the folks we policy wonk types are trying to persuade about the consequences of global warming could grasp the magnitude of change or really see its impacts, we’d be making faster progress toward solving the problem? We summarize… Read more »
Not sure where your candidates for Congress stand on energy issues? Ask them!
by Carin Skoog, global warming solutions coordinator, Fresh Energy Just this morning (Thursday, August 21st), the 3rd Congressional district candidates for Congress squared off in their first debate. Hosted by the TwinWest Chamber of Commerce at General Mills Headquarters, this early morning event was attended by more than 250 business leaders from around the district…. Read more »
New climate justice report urges fair climate policy solutions
by Erin Stojan Ruccolo, program coordinator, Fresh Energy As consideration of the finer mechanics of a regional cap and trade program are underway through the Midwestern Governor’s Association, a recently released report by Redefining Progress and Environmental Justice and Climate Change Intiative, outlines the elements of equitable climate policy. The paper, “A Climate of Change,”… Read more »