North Dakota lawmakers are looking for ways to engage communities across the state to gauge interest in hosting a future nuclear power plant. No facilities have been proposed, nor has a site been selected. But members of an interim committee studying the feasibility of advanced nuclear energy said having early conversations with local communities could […]
This week, citizen scientists throughout the southeast region will take 15 minutes to help make a headcount of the buzzing, scuttling little critters that help our flowers bloom and gardens grow. The counting is part of the University of Georgia’s Great Southeast Pollinator Census. The event, which takes place this Friday and Saturday, started eight […]
Minnkota Power Cooperative is hoping to revive its stalled carbon capture project by adding a business partner and the possibility of using CO2 to produce more oil in North Dakota. Grand Forks-based Minnkota has for years been seeking to capture carbon at its coal-fired power plant near Center for what it calls Project Tundra. Minnkota […]
Gov. Josh Shapiro's new requirements for data centers don't hit the mark for those critical of industry development.
Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order Tuesday banning nonferrous mining in the Rainy River Watershed, which is the site of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness — handing environmentalists a signfiicant victory they’ve sought for years. Walz will give a mid-morning address Tuesday to discuss his climate and environmental record at a state park. […]
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Inside the vast QCells factory in Cartersville, Georgia, workers — and a bevy of robots — move ultra-thin slices of polysilicon through a lengthy series of machines and chemical baths to transform them into what are known as […]
The long-awaited arrival of a 500,000-pound transformer signaled Constellation Energy’s intent to restart nuclear energy generation at the former Three Mile Island plant.
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. In coastal Liberty County, a creekside park nestled between the town of Midway and I-95 is losing its battle with high tide. “If we walk that way, you’ll be able to see some of the, well, just plain […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s attorney general on Tuesday asked a federal court to block construction in Inola of what would be the largest aluminum smelter in the country. Attorney General Gentner Drummond, who in June sued to stop construction of the smelter over concerns of foreign ownership and severe pollution in northeastern Oklahoma, filed the […]
North Dakota’s abundant supply of lignite coal has been touted as a domestic source for critical minerals needed in magnets and electronics. But research at the University of North Dakota shows the potential for another lignite byproduct — fertilizer. UND has secured a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy to expand its critical mineral […]
