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21 Aug 2020

In MinnPost: Xcel Energy’s Resource Plan Doesn’t Make the Grade

by John Farrell and Jess Del Fiacco | Date: 21 Aug 2020 | posted in: Energy | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

In MinnPost, ILSR Co-Director John Farrell and Patty O’Keefe, organizing representative at the Sierra Club North Star Chapter, published an op-ed regarding Xcel Energy’s 15-year resource plan.… Read More

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2 Aug 2016

HERC’s Emissions and Toxic Ash Make it a Far Cry from Best Practices in Dealing with Trash

by Neil Seldman | Date: 2 Aug 2016 | posted in: Media Coverage, waste - anti-incineration, Waste to Wealth | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

ILSR co-founder Neil Seldman and Energy Democracy initiative director John Farrell co-authored this MinnPost opinion piece on the viability of an incinerator in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Check it out for more.… Read More

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