Gov. Pawlenty’s enthusiasm for cooking “Swamp Thang” a la Washington, D.C., restaurateur B. Smith made both C.J. and (appropriately) Hot Dish Politics in Sunday’s Star Tribune. But it’ll be tough to outdo Mike Huckabee, who set…
Xcel Energy won’t ask ratepayers in Colorado to foot the bill for lavish executive perks after all, the Denver Post reports. Public scrutiny that was first raised in Minnesota in September focused recently on the St. Paul-based…
With St. Paul–based Xcel Energy on pace to disconnect power to some 70,000 Coloradans this year for nonpayment, energy activists there are openly questioning why ratepayers should pick up the tab for lavish executive board-member dinners, hotel and spa retreats and luxury box tickets to professional sports games. But those who want the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to establish a firm policy cracking down on such excesses likely won’t get their wish anytime soon, according to a commission spokesman.
The Metropolitan Council and the University of Minnesota are expanding a joint research effort aimed at finding a way to turn algae from municipal wastewater treatment facilities into biofuels for our cars.
The research received…
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