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Given the awful power grid mess in Texas, it’s interesting to look at the ongoing electricity planning discussions for the Upper Midwest. In the summer of 2019 the region’s power provider, Xcel Energy, put together a resource proposal for the next 15 years that achieves an impressive 80% reduction in emissions by 2030 (from 2005 […]

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Climate change, despite its outsized impact on the planet, is still an abstract concept to many of us. That needs to change. My hope is that readers of this blog will develop a better understanding of...