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Minnesota

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    Science scarce on eagle, wind farm interactions
    Minnesota regulators last week rejected a wind developer’s plan for protecting eagles, bats and other wildlife from its turbines as inadequate. “Inadequate” is also a good way to describe our knowledge of how wind farms actually affect eagle populations.

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    Coal's changing economics trigger new view of future
    Scenarios are emerging in which coal can no longer be assumed the most cost-effective option for utility ratepayers. In Minnesota, that shift has recently prompted a new reporting requirement for the state's investor-owned utilities.

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    Study: Minnesotans willing to pay premium for E85
    A new study by a Michigan State University economist shows that even when E85 prices exceed gasoline prices, some flex-fuel vehicle owners in Minnesota continue buying the higher-blend ethanol.

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    Universities become natural leaders in renewable energy
    Colleges and universities in the Midwest and nationally are increasingly adopting onsite renewable and clean energy as a way to promote sustainability, reduce carbon footprints, dovetail with research programs, and ideally result in long-term cost savings.
    Photo by CERTs via Creative Commons

    By Kari Lydersen  . 

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    Tintable glass maker expanding with DOE help
    SageGlass, a Faribault, Minn., company that makes energy-saving tintable window glass, is preparing to open its new high-volume, manufacturing plant before the end of the year.

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    Greener buildings, with no upfront spending?
    Sen. Al Franken, D-Minnesota, hosted a webinar Friday at the University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus to promote energy savings performance contacting and other retrofit financing tools for government and commercial buildings.

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