Constellation Energy and Microsoft announced an agreement last Friday to restart Three Mile Island, a nuclear power plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It’s a victory for reliable energy and shows the…
Last month, my 2004 Ford Expedition wouldn’t start in a grocery store parking lot. I troubled a helpful stranger for a jump start with no success. I had it towed…
A North Dakota judge has temporarily blocked a new Bureau of Land Management rule that would restrict natural gas venting and flaring. The injunction would block enforcement of the rule in North Dakota, Montana,…
The U.S. is seeing growth in electricity demand for the first time in a decade thanks to new pressures like data centers and artificial intelligence. ICF, a strategic consulting firm, expects a…
The U.S. needs to produce more critical minerals domestically, rather than sourcing them from overseas. A pair of House bills introduced last week recognizes the problem. S.5039 and S.5030 would “force the federal…
A Canadian man whom customs officials say entered the United States illegally has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bismarck to attacking energy installations in North Dakota and South…
Residents of 11 Western states should prepare for an influx of solar panels on public lands near them. A Bureau of Land Management rule is designating 31 million acres of Western lands…
North Dakota has been under an air quality alert off and on for weeks, prompting numerous warnings from state environmental officials, most recently on September 9. The North Dakota Department…
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article highlighting a growing shortfall in nuclear engineers. Energy workforce development is too often entirely overlooked or taken to mean training wind and solar installers…
It should surprise no one that subsidies and regulations rarely change behavior. A recent study shows them to be largely ineffective in climate policy, too. The peer-reviewed study, published last week in the…
The controversial Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline aiming to send emissions from 57 ethanol plants in five states for storage underground in North Dakota faces yet another setback. The South Dakota…
Duluth-based electric utility Minnesota Power (MP) announced this week they had received approval from the state’s Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) for a $1 billion upgrade of an existing interstate transmission line. One billion dollars seems like…
A recent economic working paper has found something that should be no surprise to anyone: Wealthier households reap the most benefit from U.S. tax credits for heat pumps, solar panels, and electric…
The Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO), of which North Dakota is a part, is warning of capacity shortfalls next summer. MISO’s press release suggests a potential shortfall of 2.7 GW, though other scenarios could…
On Tuesday, Vineyard Wind was ordered to shut down until further notice to clean up the shards of a turbine blade that failed Saturday. Six Nantucket beaches were closed for swimming. CBS…
The last two coal plants in New England are scheduled to be shuttered by Granite Shore Power by 2028. While New England doesn’t use much coal, little else suffices when it is…