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Midwest energy news: U of M Morris honored

The American Council on Renewable Energy has honored the University of Minnesota Morris. The school received the campus excellence award for outstanding use of renewable energy. The school receives 80% of its heating and cooling from a biomass, according to BiobasedNews.com. This and more from RE-AMP RoundUp, energy news from the Upper Midwest.

Book Highlight: The Green Collar Economy by Van Jones

by Staff, Center for American Progress, reprinted in Metro CERTS. In The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems, acclaimed activist and environmental leader Van Jones tackles the challenges of oil dependence, a sagging economy, and global warming itself, transforming these looming threats into enormous fMORE »

Midwest Monday: Clean energy happenings

by Maria Sumanka, Maria Energia • 10/13/08 • There have been lots of exciting developments in the Midwest lately. Here are a few I've come across. MORE »

Minnesota Green Jobs National Day of Action

by Dan Thiede • Metro CERTS • On Saturday, September 27th a fired-up crowd gathered at the Minneapolis Urban League to help create a new clean, green, inclusive economy. MORE »

Midwest energy news: Minnesota to cut mercury emissions

by RE-AMP RoundUp • 9/29/08 • The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has announced the state’s largest polluters have agreed to cut their mercury emissions, according to Minnesota Public Radio. Since only ten percent of the states’ mercury comes from local sources, officials say they will pursue international efforts. This and other environmental news from the upper Midwest on the Re-AMP RoundUp newsroom. MORE »

Two Twin Cities green landmarks on tour: The Green Institute & District Energy

by Dan Thiede, Metro CERTs • 08/22/2008 • From 1:30-2:30pm our group toured The Green Institute’s Phillips Eco-Enterprise Center. The Phillips Eco-Enterprise Center (PEEC) is The Green Institute’s flagship and a national model of comprehensive sustainable design.MORE »

RE-AMP RoundUp: Sept. 22, 2008

by RE-AMP • 08/22/08 • Eco Energy has said it would like to build a 67 turbine wind farm in South Eastern Minnesota. It would cost 220 million dollars and generate 100 megawatts of energy, according to the Associated Press. This and more energy news from the Midwest in the weekly Re-AMP Round Up.

Do Not Enter: Are transportation policies going the wrong way?

by Staff, MN Center for Environmental Advocacy • 8/05/08 • A new transportation report suggests that the Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Council are not adequately measuring the key indicators that would drive Minnesota to address the challenges of rising gas prices, an aging population and climate change. MORE »

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