ENERGY
Who Says You Need Beef in Your Diet? Your Body!
A great source of accurate information about the benefits of including lean beef in our diet can be found at www.beefnutrition.org. The information also points out the importance of including all of t...
Posted on 1/24/12 at 7:00 PM
Border States Electric names Christopher branch manager
Mark Christopher has been named branch manager for Border States Electrics (BSEs) Grand Forks, N.D., location. For more on this story, visit http://www.prairiebizmag.com/event/article/id/12395/group/...
Posted on 1/9/12 at 2:07 PM
Infrared
William Herschel, a famous astronomer of the mid 1700s through the early 1800s, is probably most famous for discovering the planet, Uranus, the first planet discovered with the use of a telescope. He...
Posted on 8/26/11 at 7:36 PM
How renters can cut energy bills
People renting a home or apartment have some ways to cut their energy bills and increase their comfort. "The key is to identify the biggest energy users in your situation and work to reduce those," N...
Posted on 1/27/11 at 11:26 AM
USDA DEPUTY SECRETARY MERRIGAN ANNOUNCES ECONOMIC RECOVERY PROJECTS FOR WOOD-TO-ENERGY GRANTS AND BIOMASS UTILIZATION PROJECTS
Contact: Justin DeJong 202-251-3309 McCLELLAN, Calif., June 11, 2009 — Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today announced projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Ac...
Posted on 6/15/09 at 2:52 AM
U.S. on way to more secure energy
Progress is being made in developing alternative energy sources.By Ken Salazar , January 17, 2012
Ethanol eats too much corn, livestock farmers complain
By Michael J. Crumb , November 23, 2011
Fuel shortages a big problem in the Dakotas
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Fuel shortages that often occur during the busy fall harvest season in the Dakotas have reached levels not seen in years, industry officials say.November 03, 2011
China test-flies biofuel-powered plane
BEIJING — A jumbo jet powered by fuel made from oily nuts has made a two-hour test flight in Beijing as part of a U.S.-Chinese renewable energy partnership.October 28, 2011
Vilsack says U.S. on track to meet ethanol mandate while study predicts production shortfall
WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Oct. 4 he still thinks the United States will be able to meet the congressional mandate to produce 16 billion gallons of cellulosic biofuels for the national fuel supply by 2022, even though a major government study released recently said the production is unlikely to be met unless innovative technologies are developed or policies change.By Jerry Hagstrom , October 11, 2011
Obama sets sights on making U.S. No. 1 in alternative energy
Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s Republican presidential candidacy and President Obama’s comments on ethanol have thrown the corn-based ethanol industry into turmoil as it struggles to convince Congress to provide assistance to build blender pumps.By Jerry Hagstrom , August 22, 2011
Renewable energy grants funds being doled out in Minnesota
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Twenty-five Minnesota farmers and rural small businesses are getting almost $300,000 in renewable energy grants.August 18, 2011
Center recommends 4 alternative fuel projects
PIERRE, S.D. — A research center based at South Dakota State University is recommending federal funding for four projects that would study the use of various plants for producing ethanol or other biofuels.August 09, 2011
Southeast a holdout in mandating renewable energy
ATLANTA — States across the country are gradually forcing or cajoling their electric companies into buying renewable energy, but the trend has fallen flat in the Southeast.By Ray Henry , August 09, 2011
Role of biomass grows, experts say
The people who know most about biomass don’t think it will replace fossil fuels or other energy sources. But the experts all agree that biomass has a role to play.By Jonathan Knutson , August 04, 2011
Federal judge: Biofuels deal was a scam
NATCHEZ, Miss. — A federal judge agrees with regulators’ charges against a man who claimed he had developed a revolutionary process to more than double fuel production from soybeans — and to do so without waste or the tiniest bit of pollution.July 28, 2011
Farmers Union renewable energy experts to Morris
MORRIS, Minn. — The National Farmers Union is bringing its Renewable Energy Tour to the Morris campus of the University of Minnesota.June 29, 2011
SD scientist named to national study group
BROOKINGS, S.D. — A scientist and administrator at South Dakota State University will serve on a national committee studying biomass energy.June 03, 2011
Oil boom: Canola, not crude
HALLOCK, Minn. — Big rigs. Big money. Jobs aplenty. Scarce housing. A woeful region revitalized by oil.By Ryan Bakken , May 30, 2011
Heading back to the food, fiber and fuel future?
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The current high prices and projections of low carry-over stocks have rekindled the food vs. fuel debate. The ethanol industry, directly, and corn farmers, indirectly, will face increasing calls for lowering the renewable fuels mandate and a reduction in or elimination of the blenders tax credit.By Daryll E. Ray and Harwood D. Schaffer , May 23, 2011
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