Today marks the beginning of the United Nations’ 29th Conference of the Parties, or COP29. Look forward to two weeks of international handwringing about the U.S. election results. COP29 is being…
The North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC) yesterday approved natural gas rate increases for Montana-Dakota Utilities customers and the Northern States Power Company. MDU customers will see an approved rate increase of…
All eyes were on the presidential election Tuesday, but energy had a big night, too, with some good things coming at the national and local levels. Now that the dust…
Yes, a bee, the small-winged insect. I’ve been writing about the early stages of a nuclear power renaissance in America driven by the massive electrical demands of new computer data centers to…
There has been a surge of popularity for four-day school weeks, particularly in rural districts. Cited reasons for the schedule change include hoping it will boost teacher recruitment and retention,…
If anyone doubted whether Fargo meant business after recently passing an ordinance banning homeless camps in public places, their doubts were put to rest this week. The city moved in…
In August, the state of Utah filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court challenging federal control over more than a third of the land within its borders. The lawsuit has now…
A new fall survey of educators has found that the majority of public school teachers support education savings accounts (ESAs), a school choice policy that allows parent-directed dollars to be used toward…
Ford Motor Company reported some ugly, but unsurprising, news from its third-quarter earnings report: the company lost $1.2 billion on its electric vehicle business. It turns out that simply making…
GE Vernova, the maker of the defective offshore wind turbine blades that broke off of the coast of Nantucket and scattered the beach with fiberglass shards, has found more defects in…
The perennial debate over school choice policies is ramping up in North Dakota, as the Legislature’s interim Education Committee and a separate task force consider what educational choice programs could…
A report issued by the consulting firm Bain & Company earlier this month contained this eye-catching finding regarding data center growth: US energy demand could outstrip supply within the next few years; meeting demand…
Heather Bacchus’ son, Randy, started using marijuana at the age of 15 for social acceptance. He believed marijuana was harmless; in reality, it took his life. He suffered cannabis-induced psychosis…
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court declined to halt enforcement of the Environmental Protection Agency’s egregious greenhouse gas regulations on power plants. However, the Court believes “the applicants have shown a strong likelihood…
Last week, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) released a new cost estimate to globally triple wind and solar power by 2030. The new price tag? $1.5 trillion annually. The press release from IRENA…
A flurry of recent announcements from America’s biggest high-tech companies: Amazon goes nuclear, plans to invest more than $500 million (NBC) Google Backs New Nuclear Plants to Power AI –…