When the PUC rendered its final decision on Friday, the Prospect was there to witness it.
Energy and the Environment
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Private Equity Power Play in Minnesota
BlackRock-owned Global Infrastructure Partners and a Canadian pension giant want to buy a Minnesota-based utility. Gov. Tim Walz’s agencies have been in on pushing the deal.
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FEMA’s Years of Living Dangerously
The Trump administration’s determination to force states to shoulder disaster funding burdens guarantees more deaths and destruction.
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New Mexico’s Billion-Dollar Oilfield Orphans
A recent report says abandoned oil infrastructure could cost the state up to $1.6 billion in coming years. This is how.
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Trump Is Blinding the Government to Methane Pollution. But Others Are Still Watching.
‘If people could see this with their bare eyes, none of this would be happening.’
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Donald Trump’s Madcap Crusade Against Wind
A wind project off Rhode Island is more than 80 percent completed. Trump just stopped it in its tracks.
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Beating Back Data Centers
Desperate for ‘free money,’ most of the communities that approve these facilities are outmatched by developers. But these water-guzzling, power-hungry projects have major downsides.
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Saving FEMA
Actual natural disasters might provide a reprieve for the broken agency.
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Environmental Protection Agency in Name Only
The Trump administration is racing to revoke the cornerstone of U.S. climate regulation by the end of the year. Environmental groups have vowed to fight back.
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There’s a Far Cheaper Way to Do Rooftop Solar
You don’t have to pay for contractors or a grid hookup.
