Power plants account for nearly 40 percent of the carbon pollution produced in Minnesota. The Clean Power Plan, recently announced by the Environmental Protection Agency, sets the first-ever national standards for reducing carbon pollution from power plants and lets states determine how to get there. Minnesota’s clean energy economy
Major US DOE studies this year have looked at the falling price for wind energy and the improving technology for capturing wind at high elevations. This study, from Bentham Paulos, looks at those aspects and advances the idea that wind energy could be an important component for states in meeting
The Clean Power Plan is new legislation from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that sets new standards for reducing carbon emissions on a state-by-state basis. Purpose Carbon pollution from power plants is America’s largest contributor to climate change This plan aims to help slow climate change and protect the health