June 6, 2007: Energy "Roadmap" Aims to Cut CO2 Emissions

A coalition of elected officials, industry and environmental groups has announced a major long- term plan to promote energy independence in the Upper Midwest. The group says the goal is to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the region over the next 50 years.

Minnesota Public Radio
Energy "Roadmap" Aims to Cut CO2 Emissions
By Jessica Mador
June 6, 2007
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/06/06/roadmap/

St. Paul, Minn. — The project was born out of a simple question about a greenhouse gas that gets much of the blame for global warming: "Is it possible to reduce CO2 emissions 80 percent below 1990 levels, without breaking the bank?"

Rolf Nordstrom is program director for the Great Plains Institute, the organization behind the plan. Three years ago the Minneapolis-based non-profit brought together a diverse list of government officials with representatives from energy, environmental, agricultural and tribal organizations.

The participants hale from Minnesota, Iowa, North and South Dakota, Wisconsin and Manitoba.
This region could, if it wanted to, reduce CO2 by as much as 80 percent below 1990 levels, and at a reasonably modest cost....
- Rolf Nordstrom, Great Plains Institute