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STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Legislative notebook: Both parties look for legislative wins
Minnesota legislators face a self-imposed Monday deadline to finish their 2012 work, but on Tuesday they were not sure how to get there. The answer could come if Republicans and Democrats find a wa...
Posted on 4/24/12 at 10:48 PM
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BISMARCKA proposed bill would provide financial incentives to increase biodiesel production in North Dakota. The legislative Energy Development and Transmission Committee reviewed a bill draft of the...
Posted on 8/18/10 at 4:38 PM
Legislative notebook: Minnesota lawmakers consider allowing more fireworks 
Minnesota lawmakers are considering allowing bigger and aerial fireworks. They already are being used, Rep. John Kriesel said, because they are brought in from Wisconsin, South Dakota and North Dakota. “My neighborhood sounds like Fallujah,” said the Cottage Grove Republican, who lost both legs in an explosion near Fallujah during the Iraqi war.
By Don Davis , February 23, 2012
Canola enthusiasm: Demand for healthier food, biodiesel bolsters crop’s prospects
U.S. farmers aren’t meeting the strong, growing demand for canola, so it’s important they increase production of the crop, said the executive director of the Northern Canola Growers Association.
By Jonathan Knutson , February 14, 2012
Navy poised to consume more biofuels, but ramp-up plan is vague
The federal agriculture, energy and Navy departments today announced they will spend up to $510 million in the next three years to build new or rebuild existing facilities to make fuel from what now is considered plant waste, such as corn stalks, grass, wood chips and corn cobs.
By Don Davis , August 16, 2011
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Southwest North Dakota counties planted more canola, making up for decreases in the north
The unusually wet year has cut canola acres in North Dakota, as it has for other crops.
But farmers in the southwest part of the state planted even more acres of the crop which is grown, stateside, almost exclusively in North Dakota.
By Sean M. Soehren , July 16, 2011
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Incentive for biodiesel
North Dakota looks to ramp up production for old and new plants
By Teri Finneman , August 18, 2010
Brian Carmichael, Middletown, Ind., column: Biofuels industry needs congressional action
The biodiesel tax credit helps make sure the alternative fuel can be competitively priced with heavily subsidized petroleum, but Congress allowed that credit to expire. And now that this credit has lapsed, domestic production of biodiesel has plummeted to nearly a standstill. Idled plants have left our neighbors unemployed.
By Brian Carmichael , May 11, 2010
Biodiesel powers Kid Rock's beer
Kid Rock recently launched his own brew, American Badass Beer, at two concerts he performed in Detroit. He's been working with the Michigan Brewing Co. (www.michiganbrewing.com) for the past year on the beer he describes in the Detroit Free Press as "American-style lager ... easy to drink without an aftertaste."
By Robin Shreeves , August 16, 2009
UMC tests feasibility of running equipment on canola biodiesel
The challenge: Get canola biodiesel from a local crush plant, fill a farm machine and go to work. This scenario is getting closer every day to becoming a reality, and a lot of people are waiting for it. Barry Coleman, executive director of the Northern Canola Growers Association, is one of them.
August 04, 2009
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Hoeven asks feds to help N.D. energy projects
N.D. Gov. John Hoeven traveled to Washington this week to meet with Energy Department officials. He says the state is already investing in the energy projects and would like federal support, as well.
By Associated Press , July 30, 2009
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THEIR OPINION: Minnesota leads way on bioenergy
Minnesota government leaders and Gov. Tim Pawlenty can take pride in moving Minnesota forward with a strategic energy policy that is leading the country.
By The Free Press, Mankato, Minn. , May 09, 2009
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Higher biodiesel mandate takes effect in Minnesota
A new requirement to jump-start the struggling biodiesel industry has taken effect in Minnesota.
Effective today, all diesel sold in the state must contain at least 5 percent of the alternative fuel, which is made mostly from soybean oil.
By Associated Press , May 01, 2009
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MINNESOTA BUSINESS: Diesel revolution
A Minnesota biofuels company that has attracted visits from financiers, scientists, customers and the federal government has produced a clean diesel fuel from algae harvested from a pond next door to its plant.
By Neal St. Anthony , April 17, 2009
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EERC gets grant to make diesel from oilseed
Researchers at UND said they’re getting $1 million to study making diesel out of the oilseed crop crambe.
January 30, 2009
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