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  • Published on Dec 23, 2025

    ​Minnesota Power pulls plug on gas-fired power plant in Wisconsin

    Duluth-based Minnesota Power is backing away from a plan to develop a $1 billion gas-fired power plant in Superior after permitting delays and legal challenges, Wisconsin Public Radio reports. ​The company terminated an agreement on Dec. 17 with subsidiary …

    Source: In Business - Wisconsin - Pending
  • Published on Dec 24, 2025

    Why the Iowa DNR isn't worried about zebra mussels found in Des Moines

    Dec. 24, 2025, 5:28 a.m. CT What has black-and-white stripes, likes to settle on rocks, and has two D-shaped shells? That's right: zebra mussels. Otherwise known as the invasive species that's forcing out native mussel species, destroying food webs …

    Source: Des Moines Register - Iowa - Pending
  • Published on Dec 24, 2025

    Nebraska AG will drop lawsuit against OPPD, North Omaha power plant — for now

    LINCOLN — Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers is ending his lawsuit against the Omaha Public Power District, for now, after the public utility board delayed plans to modify power production in North Omaha until 2028. Hilgers, on Tuesday, announced his …

    Source: Nebraska Examiner - Center-left
  • Published on Dec 24, 2025

    Hard Numbers: Japan to reopen largest nuclear plant, The Chiefs are in Kansas, Israel’s government shutters radio ...

    54: Japan is reopening the world’s largest nuclear power plant after a regional vote gave the greenlight on Monday. The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant, located 136 miles outside of Tokyo, had its 54 reactors shuttered following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami …

    Source: GZERO Media - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 22, 2025

    Minnesota utility says it won’t buy from planned $1B power plant in Wisconsin

    Northern Minnesota’s largest power company is backing away from plans to develop a proposed $1 billion gas-fired power plant in northern Wisconsin as a result of legal challenges and permitting delays. In a filing on Friday to Minnesota utility regulators, …

    Source: Wisconsin Public Radio - Public Broadcaster
  • Published on Dec 22, 2025

    As energy-hungry data centers loom, Wisconsin ratepayers owe $1B on shuttered power plants

    By some measures, the Pleasant Prairie Power Plant, once regarded locally as an “iconic industrial landmark,” had a good run. Opened in 1980 near Lake Michigan in Kenosha County, it became Wisconsin’s largest generating plant, burning enough Wyoming coal, …

    Source: Wisconsin Public Radio - Public Broadcaster
  • Published on Dec 23, 2025

    Nebraska attorney general is dismissing his lawsuit against Omaha Public Power District

    BREAKING NEWS. THE STATE’S TOP ATTORNEY GOES TO BAT AGAINST THE STATE’S TOP POWER PROVIDER. GOOD EVENING. I’M QUANECIA FRASER. I’M BILL SHERMAN, ATTORNEY GENERALS. MIKE HILGERS IS SUING OPPD, SAYING IT PLANS TO RETIRE AND REFUEL ITS PLANTS IN NORTH OMAHA. …

    Source: KETV 7 - Nebraska - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 24, 2025

    Four bright spots in climate news in 2025

    Back in 2015, the battery storage industry had installed only a fraction of a gigawatt of battery storage capacity across the US. That year, it set a seemingly bold target of adding 35 gigawatts by 2035. The sector passed that goal a decade early this year …

    Source: MIT Technology Review - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 24, 2025

    Cecil Duane McCoy

    Cecil Duane McCoy, 83, passed away on December 14, 2025 at home. He was born April 10, 1942 in Wamego, Kansas. He was well and lovingly raised by his maternal grandparents, Hilda Elizabeth Moege Meyer and William Robert Meyer in Alma, Kansas on their farm. …

    Source: Green River Star - Wyoming - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 24, 2025

    DOE orders Indiana coal units totaling more than 950 MW to run past retirement dates

    The U.S. Department of Energy on Dec. 23 ordered Northern Indiana Public Service Co., a division of NiSource, and CenterPoint Energy to continue running three coal-fired units in Indiana, totaling more than 950 MW, beyond their planned retirement at the …

    Source: Utility Dive - Pending
  • Published on Dec 24, 2025

    LaDuke: Power goes back to the future

    It was like that movie “Back to the Future.” I traveled to a meeting with White Earth Tribal representatives and 8th Fire Solar representatives to meet with some energy industry professionals in Minneapolis at OATI (Open Access Technology International). …

    Source: Wadena Pioneer Journal - Minnesota - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 20, 2025

    OPPD board votes to continue burning coal at North Omaha power plant

    Acknowledging that its timetable for converting its North Omaha power plant already has slipped, the Omaha Public Power District board Thursday evening voted 6-2 for a resolution that will continue coal-fired generation for the time being while adding …

    Source: Lincoln Journal Star - Nebraska - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 24, 2025

    As Minnesotans brace for the long, cold winter, heating costs are on the rise 

    WASHINGTON – Treverna Douglas, a single mother of two young sons, has done everything she can to protect her family from escalating energy costs this winter. She has applied for, and received, a federal subsidy that will help pay those costs and she …

    Source: MinnPost - Minnesota - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 19, 2025

    Interconnections With Renewables Turn Existing Power Plants Green

    Demand for electricity is up in the United States, and so is its price. One way to increase supply and lower costs is to build new power plants, but that can take years and cost a fortune. Talgat Kopzhanov is working on a faster, more affordable solution: …

    Source: IEEE Spectrum - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 22, 2025

    Minnesota Power terminates partnership with proposed NTEC in Superior

    DULUTH, Minn. — Minnesota Power has officially terminated its partnership with the proposed natural gas power plant in Superior known as NTEC. Minnesota Power said “permitting and litigation delays” around the Nemadji Trail Energy Center (NTEC) project are …

    Source: Fox 21 - Minnesota - Indeterminate
  • Published on Dec 19, 2025

    As data centers loom, ratepayers owe $1B on shuttered power plants 

    Dec. 19, 2025, 5:02 a.m. CT This story was produced andoriginally published by Wisconsin Watch, a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom. It was made possible bydonors like you. Wisconsin residential and business utility customers owe nearly $1 billion on “ …

    Source: Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 24, 2025

    Trump’s Nuclear Obsession

    Image by Lukáš Lehotský. The Trump family is now directly investing in atomic energy.  Its money-losing Truth Social company has become a part owner of a major fusion nuclear power project. Among much more, the investments mean the Trump family stands to …

    Source: CounterPunch - Left-wing
  • Published on Dec 20, 2025

    Minnesota Power backs out of Nemadji Trail Energy Center project

    SUPERIOR — Minnesota Power has backed out of its portion of a proposed natural-gas power plant that has spent several years in legal and regulatory limbo. According to a filing with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission issued late Friday, Dec. 19, …

    Source: Duluth News Tribune - Minnesota - Neutral
  • Published on Dec 24, 2025

    Many risks could tank Trump-class battleship ambition

    The proposed Trump-class battleship, officially known as the BBG(X) guided missile battleship program, is planned to be the largest warship built by the United States since World War II. The entire project is riddled with gambles, any one of which could …

    Source: Asia Times - Neutral

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