Concerns over environmental impact, lax regulations on display in New York Times feature.
Energy + Environment
The airport expects the project to generate up to 20 percent of its total power supply.
The deal, expected to close in September, would allow Bloomington-based Donaldson to expand its air filter product line and open a regional office in Abu Dhabi.
Going without harsh chemical solvents and buying its own cleaning facility have been key to its success.
Blattner Energy, which already has some solar projects in Puerto Rico, is establishing an official presence on the island and hopes to capitalize as Puerto Ricans adopt more renewable energy options.
Xcel claims that Boulder, Colorado’s city council has overstepped its authority in approving a municipal utility.
To reach that goal the Environmental Protection Agency is setting customized targets for each state.
Midwestern power companies had blocked a regulation that would reportedly cost them hundreds of millions of dollars a year—but the U.S. Supreme Court has now sided with regulators, reviving the rule.
Segetis, Inc., will pay for about 70 percent of its new Iron Range plant and will receive $21.2 million in support from the Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation Board.
As Cold Spring Brewery has increased its water consumption amid growing demand for its beer and non-alcoholic beverages, the state wants it to find a new water source in order to protect a 1.7-mile trout stream.
SolarCity, whose chairman is the CEO of Tesla Motors, is offering solar power leases in select Best Buy stores and describes the arrangement as the first of its kind with an electronics retailer.
Bixby Energy Systems founder Robert Walker was convicted on 17 counts of criminal conduct, including witness tampering and defrauding investors, after just a day and a half of jury deliberation.
3M ranked 23rd and Target 29th, although both fell several spots from last year’s list.
A proposed manufacturing plant in Superior, Wisconsin, which would reportedly tap iron ore from Minnesota’s Iron Range, could eventually employ about 100 people.
Don Ness celebrated his 40th birthday on Thursday by accepting the Person of the Year award for his outstanding leadership in strengthening Minnesota’s economy and culture.
The federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued a safety alert Thursday, warning that Bakken crude may be more flammable than other, heavier crude oil.
Wayzata Investment Partners is selling a Texas power plant to a Houston company for nearly $300 million more than it paid for the plant in 2011.
John Slattery pitches Honeywell without ever mentioning its name.