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  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Prairie Island nuclear security supervisor pulls Homer Simpson, gets busted faking drug test

    In a move worthy of Homer Simpson, a security supervisor at Xcel Energy's Prairie Island nuclear power plant was fired after he was caught faking a drug test urine sample.Homer certainly would've tested positive for Duff, but the Prairie Island worker was probably trying to hide the fact he had been ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Xcel Energy, EPA win Supreme Court battle on climate change laws

    WikipediaXcel Energy and other utilities sided with the EPA in court and won.​In news that initially sounds like a contradiction in terms, the Environmental Protection Agency and five major utility companies including Minnesota-based Xcel Energy, have scored a win together in the U.S. Supreme ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    Lyn Lake Street Fest, Stone Arch Festival of the Arts announce lineups

    ​Though much of their lineup had already been unveiled on their website, the Lyn Lake Street Fest has fleshed out its schedule and revealed all of its acts today, including Peter Wolf Crier's first local appearance in five months. As if that wasn't enough to get us salivating about summertime fun, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Forecast in St. Paul: Radioactive rain

    TopatoMaybe Blinky makes a guest appearance in the Mississippi this summer?​Officials at the Environmental Protection Agency say it's raining radiation in St. Paul as a result of the damaged nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan. The readings show elevated levels of radioactive iodine-131 i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Gas leak in St. Paul evacuates 12 buildings

    KSTPReports are still coming in of the smell of natural gas throughout the area.​A large natural gas leak on the Central Corridor in St. Paul this morning resulted in street shut downs, building evacuations and over a thousand XCel Energy customers without a pilot light this afternoon. While ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    New nukes for Minnesota?

    TVAMonty Burns is looking to expand his operation.​For a while there, Minnesota was vying to take the lead in pioneering the use of renewable energy. This week, the new Republican legislature will try to push is in a different direction: building more nuclear plants.Minnesota already has two nucle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    Stone Arch Festival music lineup announced

    Shawn Neary's Wapsipinicon is one of many local acts performing at Stone Arch this summer​The Stone Arch Festival, a two-day local art, food, theater, and music extravaganza that takes over St. Anthony Main every Father's Day weekend, has announced its music lineup for this year. The Stone Arch Fe ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2009

    3rd Annual Prince Family Reunion

    Shawn Neary's Wapsipinicon is one of many local acts performing at Stone Arch this summer​The Stone Arch Festival, a two-day local art, food, theater, and music extravaganza that takes over St. Anthony Main every Father's Day weekend, has announced its music lineup for this year. The Stone Arch Fe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Senate votes to lift ban on nuclear power

    State legislators took steps yesterday to lift a 15-year ban on the development of nuclear power plants in Minnesota. Now it's up to the House to decide.

  • News

    March 25, 2009

    The T. Boone Pickens alt-energy show rolls across America

    Pickens Plan focuses on using more wind power and natural gas

  • Calendar

    November 26, 2008

    Cheetah Nunchuck

    Pickens Plan focuses on using more wind power and natural gas

  • News

    November 19, 2008

    The Green Institute faces possible foreclosure after 15 years

    It was ahead of its time, but now the nonprofit has a looming debt problem

  • News

    October 1, 2008

    Readers respond to RNC protest coverage

    It was ahead of its time, but now the nonprofit has a looming debt problem

  • News

    September 24, 2008

    Homer Simpson Gets Clipped

    After City Pages exposes a local nuclear power plant operator with a fake diploma, his bosses reluctantly give him the ax

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2008

    Diploma-buying control room worker's employer: "No comment"

    After City Pages exposes a local nuclear power plant operator with a fake diploma, his bosses reluctantly give him the ax

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2008

    Former Minnesota nuclear power plant employee outed as diploma-buying fraudster

    After City Pages exposes a local nuclear power plant operator with a fake diploma, his bosses reluctantly give him the ax

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2008

    Blowin' in the wind: T. Boone Pickens has a Minnesota-friendly energy strategy

    After City Pages exposes a local nuclear power plant operator with a fake diploma, his bosses reluctantly give him the ax

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2008

    Rays of Future Present: Solar in Southeast Como

    After City Pages exposes a local nuclear power plant operator with a fake diploma, his bosses reluctantly give him the ax

  • Calendar

    December 19, 2007

    Electrifying Minnesota

    After City Pages exposes a local nuclear power plant operator with a fake diploma, his bosses reluctantly give him the ax

  • News

    September 5, 2007

    A Kinder, Gentler Smokestack

    Critics say a power plant designed to reduce carbon emissions could be a cancer-causing boondoggle

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2007

    Just Don't Inhale

    Critics say a power plant designed to reduce carbon emissions could be a cancer-causing boondoggle

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2006

    Mozaic Project in Uptown kicks off 2007 with a Big Dig

    Critics say a power plant designed to reduce carbon emissions could be a cancer-causing boondoggle

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2006

    Pawlenty: Plugged in to power company cash

    Critics say a power plant designed to reduce carbon emissions could be a cancer-causing boondoggle

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2006

    Xcel Energy customers reap unexpected windfall

    Critics say a power plant designed to reduce carbon emissions could be a cancer-causing boondoggle

  • Unknown

    August 2, 2006

    The Straight Dope®

    Critics say a power plant designed to reduce carbon emissions could be a cancer-causing boondoggle

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2006

    D'oh! A nuclear blunder and a one-day story

    Critics say a power plant designed to reduce carbon emissions could be a cancer-causing boondoggle

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2006

    Passing gas: What went wrong with Xcel's D.C. lobbyist

    Critics say a power plant designed to reduce carbon emissions could be a cancer-causing boondoggle

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2005

    Minnesota by the numbers: The nation's biggest importer of electricity

    Critics say a power plant designed to reduce carbon emissions could be a cancer-causing boondoggle

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2005

    Dickinson

    Critics say a power plant designed to reduce carbon emissions could be a cancer-causing boondoggle

  • News

    May 12, 2004

    Nuke 'Em!

    Xcel energy spearheads a high-stakes plan to store nuclear waste on a tiny, dirt-poor Indian reservation in the Utah desert

  • News

    December 10, 2003

    In Pork We Trust

    Coleman and Dayton partner up to bring home the bacon

  • News

    December 18, 2002

    Made to Be Broken

    Xcel comes begging for more nuclear waste storage

  • Books

    May 29, 2002

    Burns Loves Quimby

    Why is the nuclear-power industry courting Norm Coleman?

  • Books

    April 24, 2002

    Lights Out

    Residents of the Red Lake Indian Reservation fight the power company

  • Books

    January 16, 2002

    Down on the Riverside

    Activists want Xcel to clean up its oldest--and dirtiest--power plant

  • Books

    October 17, 2001

    Nuclear Freeze

    Terrorism puts industry self-regulation on ice

  • Books

    January 31, 2001

    A Scare in the Air

    Minnesota has a pollution problem. But don't hold your breath waiting for a quick fix.

  • Books

    June 21, 2000

    Megawatts and Margins

    NSP hands the keys for its Minnesota reactors to a holding company. Is this part of a dangerous chain reaction in the nuclear power industry?

  • News

    September 29, 1999

    Against the Grain

    Alfalfa electricity? Northern States Power planted the idea, Minnesota farmers grew it, and a bitter tug-of-war chopped it down.

  • Books

    December 9, 1998

    Cheesehead Power?

    NSP says it needs to run high-voltage wires over the scenic St. Croix to keep the lights on in western Wisconsin. But critics charge the utility's plans go much further.

  • Books

    August 12, 1998

    Whitewater Affair

    The current investigation into rafting the rapids on Minneapolis's stretch of the Mississippi

  • News

    April 8, 1998

    Prairie Dogged

    A fake flyer making the rounds at the Capitol suggests NSP wants to pay itself millions in fines for failing to move nuclear waste off Prairie Island. Lawmakers say the parody is eerily accurate.

  • News

    March 12, 1997

    Power Play: The Biggest Game in Town

    The little-noted push to deregulate utilities will drive up rates and jeopardize service--not to mention

  • News

    June 12, 1996

    NUCLEAR POWER'S DIRTY SECRET

    When a group of activists gained access to private papers from NSP's lawsuit against Westinghouse, they got a rare look at one of the nuclear industry's most serious problems.

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