Michael Harvey, owner and CEO of Oakdale-based Able Energy Co., allegedly failed to make good on contracts with more than 50 Minnesota customers.
Energy + Environment
Fewer desks, fewer printers, new energy efficient elements. RBC sets greener standards for its new Minneapolis headquarters RBC Gateway.
Located near the Sherco coal plant in Becker, the $575 million venture would produce enough carbon-free energy to power 100,000 Upper Midwest homes per year, officials say.
Firm’s first fund has backers from around the globe.
Undeterred by Covid, the winter festival, Jan. 28 to Feb. 7 will include art installations, winter walks, virtual concerts, and conversations about climate change.
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The utility provider had just acquired power plant in January.
She’s the first female CEO of the company.
Though operating revenue fell, the company reported an uptick in net income, due in part to better margins in its electricity business.
The deal is aimed at giving Ecolab a “foothold in the growing livestock and poultry biosecurity segment,” Ecolab officials say.
The upstream business will be owned and managed by Texas-based Apergy. Ecolab originally planned to spin off the unit.
The company has installed 2,000 solar panels to help reduce the facility’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Minnesota lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have come out in support of ethanol and biodiesel, which they believe could help boost agriculture and reduce carbon emissions.
Copper-nickel mining could help conquer the climate crisis, supporters say. Is there any weight to that argument?
The deal for Georgia-based Chemstar marks Ecolab’s third acquisition in about eight months.
The Wayzata-based ag giant aims to reduce its beef supply chain’s greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent before 2030.
The deal—announced in March and now finalized—will enable Edina-based Geronimo to grow its community-driven solar and wind energy projects portfolio.
Under the deal, the Minnesota Municipal Power Agency will purchase 200 megawatts of energy from a new wind farm in Jackson County, Minn.
The deal, which is with the Texas-located Roaring Fork LLC project, is the second in the Golden Valley food giant’s history and its largest yet, and pushes the company toward its 2025 greenhouse gas emissions goal.
The future of the planet may be uncertain,
but these new Twin Cities–based brands
are doing their part to reduce plastic waste.