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    July 11th Forests and Fires with Doug Lande

    July 11th 2023 climate meeting with Doug Lande

    Doug brings expertise of forestry and fires. Doug is District 2 Supervisor/Secretary of the Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD). He has a good understanding of local and state agencies. He runs an off-grid solar home. Our conversation covered both the forest and the trees […]

    June 13th 2023 Maggie Schuppert CO2 capture and pipelines

    Maggie on CO2 pipelines and storage

    May 9th Ken Blumenfeld Midwest Climate and Weather

    Rural Electric Co-ops, 4/11/23 Erik Hatlestad from CURE

    Rural El Co-ops EH

    Solar Installations in Ely 3/14/2023

    Summary of climate meeting March 14th 2023 on solar installations in Ely

    The full zoom recording is available but very large to upload. If you would like to watch it ask me by email (b2jonesmn@gmail.com). Almost all the information is summarized here.

    Four projects were presented, one grid tied and the others off-grid. All presenters […]

    “Rotten carrots and not enough sticks: how industry-captured policy breeds climate setbacks”

    Hudson Kingston of PEER, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility presents “How industry-captured policy breeds climate setbacks.”

     

    Mauna Loa & Kilauea Eruptions Dec 2022

    ML pix and text

    Iron & Steel Part 2, Energy, Pollution & People

    https://elyminnesota.com/elyclimate/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Nov1st-2022-Iron-part-2.mp4

    Green Iron and Steel Jeff Hanson Oct 4th 2022

    https://elyminnesota.com/elyclimate/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Green-Iron-Steel-Jeff-Hanson.mp4

    Green Iron & Steel Jeff Hanson Q&A

    These notes come from the Q&A section that immediately followed Jeff Hanson’s talk. This section was not recorded as part of the zoom. The notes have been lightly edited.

     

     

    Maggie S This transition will be good for the climate and good for the Minnesota economy. It will require, a transition period of retiring […]