Modern Life in Northern Minnesota
Excelsior Energy, proponent of the vast and controversial Mesaba Energy Project on the Iron Range, goes before the state PUC for one final plea for special treatment in finding a customer for its expensive electricity it intends to generate in a carbon capture coal plant.
Doesn’t look so good for them.
An appeal to follow. You know how fast those are handled in this state. Just ask Senator … well, anyway.
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It is time for the IRRRB and the State of Minnesota to cut its losses and end this unwise project to haul Western coal and burn it in the woods and lake country of Itasca County.
This unlikely backup location became Excelsior’s primary site when a nickel-copper mining project bought the idle Hoyt Lakes concentrator.
Tough times in Minnesota should mean that we stop wasting public money.
Minnesota Power adequately supplies electricity up here.
The Twin Cities can meet its electric energy needs much better through conservation, efficiency, and non-polluting alternatives.