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    May 20, 2019
    Bloomberg photo by Brent Lewin
    Xcel plans to be coal-free by 2030
    ST. PAUL — Xcel Energy plans to shutter its two remaining coal plants in the Upper Midwest a decade earlier than scheduled — a move that...
    business/energy-and-miningMay 20, 2019 - 1:42pm
    March 2, 2019
    Enbridge Line 3 contractors were back to work after a protest at a site near Superior, Wis., in 2017. Brady Slater / Forum News Service
    Enbridge announces year delay on Line 3 completion
    DULUTH — Enbridge announced on Friday, March 1, that its Line 3 pipeline project is being delayed a year. Last month, company officials said...
    business/energy-and-miningMarch 2, 2019 - 9:59pm
    February 18, 2019
    File photo / Tribune The Willmar turbines are picture in this Tribune file photo. The severe cold weather in January interupted energy production for two days during the productive month.
    Power and water usage stays flat in Willmar
    WILLMAR — While most of the power Willmar Municipal Utilities' 9,646 electrical customers use is purchased from other sources through long-term...
    business/energy-and-miningFebruary 18, 2019 - 7:31am
    January 30, 2019
    Xcel asks customers to lower thermostat to conserve natural gas
    MINNEAPOLIS — With extremely cold temperatures anticipated to continue into Thursday morning, Xcel Energy is asking Minnesota customers...
    news/weatherJanuary 30, 2019 - 3:53pm
    December 6, 2018
    Soybeans are loaded into a grain cart during harvest in Wyanet, Ill., on Sept. 18, 2018. Bloomberg photo by Daniel Acker.
    Truce or not, US soy, liquefied natural gas look unappetizing now for China
    China may be girding itself to buy more U.S. gas and soybeans amid easing trade tensions, but the sums just don't add up right now. American...
    news/government-and-politicsDecember 6, 2018 - 1:15pm
    November 14, 2018
    Tribune file photo Brightmark Energy of San Francisco, California, is working with the city of Benson in hopes of acquiring a portion of the former Fibrominn property with intentions of developing a refinery to produce biogas. Animal wastes and possibly other organic matter would be used to produce the biogas.
    Former Fibrominn site may again produce bioenergy in Benson
    BENSON — Until its closing this year, the former Fibrominn plant put Benson on the map as home to a one-of-a-kind power plant, the only...
    business/energy-and-miningNovember 14, 2018 - 7:27am
    August 25, 2018
    Jackson Forderer / for MPR News file photo Cattle on a farm in rural Redwood Falls.
    Manure to fuel: CenterPoint wants to sell you 'renewable' natural gas
    Methane is one of the worst greenhouse gases out there for climate change — almost 30 times stronger than carbon dioxide. But if Centerpoint...
    business/energy-and-miningAugust 25, 2018 - 6:32am
    April 9, 2018
    Hundreds of miles of Energy Transfer Partners pipe sit in storage in Newton, Iowa, as photographed on October 14, 2015. (Andy Abeyta/The Cedar Rapids Gazette)
    Cyberattack 'wake-up call' puts pipeline industry in hot seat
    A cyberattack that U.S. natural gas pipeline owners weren't required to report has lawmakers taking a closer look at how the industry is handling...
    business/technologyApril 9, 2018 - 11:13am
    January 7, 2018
    Bismarck Tribune graphic
    900-mile natural gas liquids pipeline proposed for Bakken
    BISMARCK — Oneok recently announced plans for a 900-mile natural gas liquids pipeline that will accommodate increasing North Dakota production...
    newsJanuary 7, 2018 - 3:38pm
    December 6, 2017
    Small ND town loses natural gas on frigid day, night
    TIOGA, N.D. -- All but 55 customers of Montana-Dakota Utilities customers in Tioga had their natural gas service restored by 3 p.m. Wednesday after a citywide outage the day before. Tioga is a city of about 1,600 residents in northwestern North Dakota, about 40 miles east of Williston....
    newsDecember 6, 2017 - 9:39pm
    February 26, 2014
    Renville County approves tax settlement with Alliance Pipeline
    OLIVIA — As was expected, the Renville County Board of Commissioners approved a state-negotiated settlement that will refund taxes to Alliance Pipeline. The commissioners approved an agreement at their meeting on Tuesday that requires the county, two school districts and...
    newsFebruary 26, 2014 - 12:00pm
    February 13, 2014
    Blast rocks Kentucky natgas pipeline
    (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas pipeline company NiSource Inc said it shut part of its key Columbia Gulf Transmission interstate natural gas pipeline following an explosion in Adair County, Kentucky that injured at least one person.
    news/nationFebruary 13, 2014 - 7:44am
    February 12, 2014
    Cars drive under a traffic sign displaying winter storm warnings after a rare snowstorm in Kennesaw, Georgia, January 28, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Tami Chappell
    Winter exposes weakness in U.S. natural gas supply network
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Freezing temperatures are hampering U.S. natural gas deliveries this winter despite ample production of the heating fuel,...
    news/nationFebruary 12, 2014 - 7:54am
    January 28, 2014
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    Natural gas pipeline explosion spotlights need for preparations in case of widespread heating outages
    FARGO – A Canadian pipeline explosion that created a shortage of natural gas and prompted calls to curb usage over the weekend in the Fargo-Moorhead...
    newsJanuary 28, 2014 - 9:50am
    January 27, 2014
    Thousands shiver in Manitoba as pipeline blast cuts natural gas supply
    WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Thousands of Manitoba residents were without natural gas to heat their homes and businesses for a third frigid day on Monday, following a weekend explosion along a TransCanada Corp pipeline in the Western Canadian province.
    news/worldJanuary 27, 2014 - 12:28pm
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