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Top Home Trends for 2013
Outdoor living areas and screened in porches Some homeowners have taken outdoor living and relaxing to new heights these days. A trend that has started to emerge with more force in the last five ye...
Posted on 5/24/13 at 8:35 AM
Got a farmer in your family? Now's the time to nag.
Days begin at 4:30 a.m. and end after a sullen and nostalgic gaze at our sleeping children. He knows not what day it is, mondaytuesdaysaturday, they all run together. My husband, likely like someone i...
Posted on 5/14/13 at 9:38 AM
Legislative notebook: House, Senate look to the sun for power
By Don Davis and Danielle Killey Minnesotans could sell solar power to electric utilities under a bill the House passed 70-63 late Tuesday. They pay someone who has solar on their house just what the ...
Posted on 5/8/13 at 8:29 AM
UND’s Institute of Energy Studies and University of Bergen sign pact to promote student, faculty exchanges
The pipeline between the University of North Dakota and Norway just got a little wider with the signing of a student and faculty exchange agre...
Posted on 3/20/13 at 11:42 AM
WCHA weekly preview: March 18-24
Review of last week The first round of the WCHA playoffs was fairly predictable, with the higher seed winning in five of six series: #1 St. Cloud State swept #12 Alaska Anchorage #2 Minnesota swept ...
Posted on 3/19/13 at 9:10 PM
US rig count down 7 to 1,762, ND loses five
Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. dropped by seven this week to 1,762.By Associated Press , May 24, 2013
Gov. Dayton signs solar energy standard
Minnesota's investor-owned utilities will be required to get 1.5 percent of their power from solar energy by 2020 under legislation signed by Gov. Mark Dayton.By Associated Press , May 24, 2013
Polk officials hear pipeline plans
By Ryan Bakken , May 21, 2013
US rig count is unchanged at 1,769, ND gains three 
By Associated Press , May 17, 2013
ND delegation opposes proposed fracking rule 
North Dakota's congressional delegation doesn't like a proposed new rule that would require energy companies on federal lands to publicly disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing.
By Associated Press , May 17, 2013
Three natural gas-fired plants proposed to meet needs 
Xcel Energy is proposing two new natural gas-fired power plants 70 miles south of here to meet electricity needs at times of peak demand.
By Patrick Springer , May 16, 2013
NCAR and Xcel extend renewable energy partnership 
Xcel Energy Inc. hopes it can save its customers money with the help of more extensive weather forecasting from the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder.
By Associated Press , May 08, 2013
Bill requires utility companies in Minnesota to generate 4 percent solar power by 2025 
Minnesota may join 16 other states that require their utility companies to generate more power from the sun.
By Associated Press , May 08, 2013
Enbridge shuts down N.D. pipeline 
Enbridge has shutdown the pipeline that runs through Grand Forks for a second time in less than a week after finding contaminated soil during integrity checks at an unspecified area.
By Reuters , May 07, 2013
Minnesota aims to boost use of solar power 
Minnesota could soon take another step ahead in the transition to renewable energy. The state's utilities already are replacing coal-fired power plants with windmills, prompted by the state's landmark 2007 Next Generation Energy Act. Partly as a result, the state has a healthy wind power industry.
By Stephanie Hemphill , May 07, 2013
Company touts natural gas processing projects in N.D. 
An energy company is holding a grand opening ceremony Wednesday at new natural gas processing facilities in Williston, in northwest North Dakota.
By Associated Press , May 07, 2013
Projects proposed would up N.D.’s wind energy capacity 41 percent 
The extension of a key federal subsidy late last year has helped revive interest in developing new wind energy projects in North Dakota, based on documents filed with state regulators.
By Stephen J. Lee , May 04, 2013
AAA: N.D. gas prices lowest in years 
Grand Forks, like much of the country, is enjoying lower springtime gas prices, AAA North Dakota said Tuesday. The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is now $3.463, 30.2 cents lower than a year ago.
By Herald Staff Report , April 30, 2013
ND power plant operator might take oil field waste 
Great River Energy is holding meetings this week with area residents about a possible state permit application to handle up to 300,000 tons of oil field waste annually.
By Associated Press , April 18, 2013
ND oil tax trust fund tops $1 billion
North Dakota's oil tax fund has topped $1 billion in assets. The Legacy Fund gets 30 percent of the state's oil tax collections. None of the money can be spent until 2017, and even then it takes a two-thirds vote of the Legislature to dip into it.April 16, 2013
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