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Minnesota lawmakers plan to ease permitting rules for clean energy but promise to retain public input

Minnesota lawmakers plan to ease permitting rules for clean energy but promise to retain public input
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Minnesota considering changes to clean energy permits to reach a carbon-free transmission grid by 2040

Minnesota considering changes to clean energy permits to reach a carbon-free transmission grid by 2040
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Proposal would cut red tape so clean energy projects can be built faster in Minnesota

As the state tries to find ways to meet its pledge of a carbon-free electric grid by 2040, a push to streamline the state's permitting system for renewable energy projects and transmission lines is gaining momentum ahead of the legislative session that begins in mid-February. While an effort to nix a contentious rule that can limit solar development on what's known as "prime farmland" has .

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Summit carbon dioxide pipeline pushed forward to environmental review

Summit carbon dioxide pipeline pushed forward to environmental review
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Advocates Urge Stronger Oil and Gas Methane Rules at Well Sites

Conservation groups in Texas want the Environmental Protection Agency to continue its push for tighter restrictions on methane emissions at oil and gas well sites, especially in the Permian basin. The group Environment Texas testified at recent EPA hearings. It cites flaring as a major concern, the process of burning methane into the air at well sites instead of capturing and using it. .

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