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Should the United States adopt a tax on Carbon? – Opposing Arguments
Recent stories and columns in national news outlets have discussed addressing climate change with a carbon tax. This comes in the aftermath of a brutal summer of record heat and spreading drought in...
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Should the United States adopt a tax on carbon? – Opposing arguments
Yesterday I introduced a discussion of carbon tax as a method to address climate change that appeared in a recent issue of the Sioux Falls Argus Leader. We first shared the NO argument written by Dr....
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Heartland staff to participate in Plain Green Conference
Sioux Falls Green Project, Koch Hazard Architects and South Dakota State University (SDSU) have teamed up once again to bring the Plain Green Conference to Sioux Falls, SD September 14. Founded in...
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Energy Efficiency Can Lead to National Energy Security
If the national energy objective is to enhance our national security through a form of energy independence, it’s almost certain that supply measures alone won’t get us there. There must also be...
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DOE team issues final recommendations for changes to WAPA operations
by Robert Varela, Public Power Daily; American Public Power Association An Energy Department task force on strategic changes to the Western Area Power Administration issued a set of 10 final...
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WAPA seeking transmission project proposals
Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) is seeking new applications from project developers interested in obtaining a loan to construct new or upgrade transmission lines and related facilities that...
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EPA releases Clean Power Plan to cut emissions from power plants
WASHINGTON – At the direction of President Obama and after an unprecedented outreach effort, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is today releasing the Clean Power Plan proposal, which for the...
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Senator Thune among group urging President to withdraw EPA rule on greenhouse...
U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the U.S. Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), led 41 Senators in a letter to President...
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Heartland faces challenges from EPA
By Chuck Clement, Staff Reporter, Madison Daily Leader The following article appeared on the front page of the August 29, 2014 issue of the Madison Daily Leader: Heartland faces challenges from EPA...
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EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan wrong for South Dakota, PUC says
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed plan to regulate carbon emissions from existing power plants will have harmful results on the reliability and affordability of electricity in South...
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