Clean Energy

Iowa Power Fund Board Public Meeting - July 9

The Iowa Power Fund board of directors will hold the first of three regular meetings to be held around the state on July 9 in Jefferson. This meeting, as well as the other two summer meetings of the Power Fund directors, will be followed by an evening public forum on energy issues.

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Energy FAQs

The Media Center has compiled transportation and clean energy FAQs. You can read them at http://www.reamp.org/faq. The hope is that anyone who needs answers to basic energy questions can come to the site. Feel free to pass the site along to reporters who need a primer or anyone else who might need a brush-up.  ...read more »

AWEA’s Windpower 2008 Conference

Maria Surma Manka was lucky enough to attend the American Wind Energy Association’s 2008 conference and expo in Houston. To view pictures, read interviews and catch up on her live blogging, visit Maria Energia.

Minnesota REAMP funders telling our story

Widely read by hundreds of Minnesota foundation staff and trustees, this publication by the Minnesota Council of Foundations has a nice piece on why foundations do global warming work. Interesting to see that climate funding almost has equal billing with environmental funding in general.  ...read more »

Governors Advance Clean Energy

The National Governors Association met in Washington, D.C., Sunday to promote a clean energy future. The group launched its "Securing a Clean Energy Future" initiative in December and continued the discussion at the weekend's meeting. Minnesota Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty heads the National Governors Association.  ...read more »

Wind Siting Handbook from AWEA

For folks working on wind siting issues, here is a valuable resource:  ...read more »

Feb. 6, 2008: Panel Approves Governor's Plan to Boost Wind Energy

A South Dakota House committee passed a measure, suggested by Governor Rounds, that would grant tax incentives to construct wind towers.

Associated Press
Panel Approves Governor's Plan to Boost Wind Energy
By Chet Brokaw
Feb. 6, 2008
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/ SD_XGR_WIND_ENERGY_SDOL-? SITE=SDSIO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT  ...read more »

Governors Pawlenty and Richardson Form Governors Windpower Coalition

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Brian McClung
December 7, 2007 (651) 296-0001

GOVERNORS PAWLENTY AND RICHARDSON ANNOUNCE FORMATION OF GOVERNORS WINDPOWER COALITION
~ Letter to nation’s governors outlines plan to expand use of renewable windpower ~  ...read more »

Nov. 21, 2007: Renewable Energy Can Fuel Michigan's Future

Stanley Pruss, Special Adviser for Renewable Energy and Environment, suggests that Michigan accept a renewable portfolio standard to take part in the new energy boom.

Detroit News
Renewable Energy Can Fuel Michigan's Future
By Stanley Pruss
Nov. 21,2007
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID...  ...read more »

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