Stephanie Hemphill
@hemphillminnesota.bsky.social
Co-editor Agate Magazine, www.agatemag.com
@MLive: Talon Metals to buy Eagle Mine and its Michigan nickel processing mill bit.ly/3MRedjW
Talon Metals to buy Eagle Mine and its Michigan nickel processing mill
Humboldt Mill in the Upper Peninsula is being positioned as long-term processing hub under proposed deal with Lundin Mining.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
@MLive: Talon Metals to buy Eagle Mine and its Michigan nickel processing mill bit.ly/3MRedjW
@NDMonitor: US Army Corps says oil should keep flowing through Dakota Access Pipeline in long-awaited study bit.ly/3YHsUso
US Army Corps says oil should keep flowing through Dakota Access Pipeline in long-awaited study • North Dakota Monitor
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday issued a long-awaited Dakota Access Pipeline environmental impact statement, recommending that the pipeline keep operating but with some new conditions for i...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
@NDMonitor: US Army Corps says oil should keep flowing through Dakota Access Pipeline in long-awaited study bit.ly/3YHsUso
@WPR: Former PSC chair to become president of Alliant Energy’s Wisconsin utility business bit.ly/48PxFGn
Former PSC chair to become president of Alliant Energy's Wisconsin utility business
It’s the latest example of what utility watchdogs call a “revolving door” in Wisconsin and nationwide, where former regulators take jobs at companies they regulated during their time in public service...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
@WPR: Former PSC chair to become president of Alliant Energy’s Wisconsin utility business bit.ly/48PxFGn
@BusinessNorth: Minnesota Power withdraws from Nemadji Trail Energy Center project bit.ly/4j7iDPE
Minnesota Power withdraws from Nemadji Trail Energy Center project
Minnesota Power has ended its role as a power recipient from the controversial Nemadji Trail Energy Center in Superior.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
@BusinessNorth: Minnesota Power withdraws from Nemadji Trail Energy Center project bit.ly/4j7iDPE
@MichiganPublic: Federal court sides with Enbridge, blocks Michigan's effort to shut down Line 5 bit.ly/4pHjxF4
Federal court sides with Enbridge, blocks Michigan's effort to shut down Line 5
Enbridge sought to stop the state from trying any further to shut down the pipeline, which in Wisconsin, runs through the Upper Peninsula, the Straits of Mackinac, and Lower Peninsula, before ending i...
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December 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
@MichiganPublic: Federal court sides with Enbridge, blocks Michigan's effort to shut down Line 5 bit.ly/4pHjxF4
@MLive: Bills would target water use, utility costs tied to Michigan data center boom bit.ly/4jhXZwn
Bills would target water use, utility costs tied to Michigan data center boom
The legislation, introduced Thursday and forwarded to the Senate’s Committee on Energy and Environment, comes amid a swelling public opposition against the facilities across the state
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December 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
@MLive: Bills would target water use, utility costs tied to Michigan data center boom bit.ly/4jhXZwn
@WisconsinWatch: As energy-hungry data centers loom, Wisconsin ratepayers owe $1 billion on shuttered coal power plants bit.ly/4j5gzrn
As energy-hungry data centers loom, Wisconsin ratepayers owe $1 billion on shuttered power plants
Obsolete power plants continue to cost ratepayers. Now, the push to generate unprecedented amounts of electricity for data centers risks creating another $1 billion in “stranded assets.”…
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December 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
@WisconsinWatch: As energy-hungry data centers loom, Wisconsin ratepayers owe $1 billion on shuttered coal power plants bit.ly/4j5gzrn
@CanaryMediaInc: Nippon Steel’s U.S. investments ‘at a crossroads’ tinyurl.com/4ttt5fmx
Nippon Steel’s U.S. investments ‘at a crossroads’
The company intends to reline coal-fed blast furnaces in Indiana, but also has plans for greener steel production.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
@CanaryMediaInc: Nippon Steel’s U.S. investments ‘at a crossroads’ tinyurl.com/4ttt5fmx
@WPR: Bill would allow for community solar projects outside utility control tinyurl.com/23ms79uz
Bill would allow for community solar projects outside utility control
A bill in the state Legislature would allow for community solar projects outside the control of utility companies and cooperatives, which are currently the only entities in Wisconsin allowed to provid...
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December 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
@WPR: Bill would allow for community solar projects outside utility control tinyurl.com/23ms79uz
@RochesterPost: Environmental group's lawsuit seeks immediate halt to proposed Pine Island data center tinyurl.com/35nukc3c
Environmental group's lawsuit seeks immediate halt to proposed Pine Island data center
The Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy is asking for a temporary restraining order.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
@RochesterPost: Environmental group's lawsuit seeks immediate halt to proposed Pine Island data center tinyurl.com/35nukc3c
@insideclimate: Michigan Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Repeal Data Center Tax Incentives tinyurl.com/mrmfdrp4
Michigan Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Repeal Data Center Tax Incentives - Inside Climate News
A bipartisan bill introduced Tuesday in the Michigan Legislature would repeal the state’s data center tax incentive laws, which, since their late 2024 approval, have helped attract over a dozen data c...
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December 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
@insideclimate: Michigan Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Repeal Data Center Tax Incentives tinyurl.com/mrmfdrp4
@WPR: Bad River tribe sues Army Corps to overturn federal permit for Line 5 reroute tinyurl.com/2btvrppy
Bad River tribe sues Army Corps to overturn federal permit for Line 5 reroute
In a new lawsuit, the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa alleges the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated federal environmental laws when it granted a permit to Enbridge for its proposed Line 5...
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December 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
@WPR: Bad River tribe sues Army Corps to overturn federal permit for Line 5 reroute tinyurl.com/2btvrppy
@MPRnews: Housing or parkland? Duluth debates future of long-closed golf course amid housing crunch tinyurl.com/mtpdk395
Housing or parkland? Duluth debates future of long-closed golf course amid housing crunch
The Duluth City Council will vote Monday night on whether to transfer the long-closed Lester Park Golf Course to its economic development arm to pave the way for a possible housing development. Critic...
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December 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
@MPRnews: Housing or parkland? Duluth debates future of long-closed golf course amid housing crunch tinyurl.com/mtpdk395
@MPRnews: Minnesotans brace for higher winter heating bills tinyurl.com/yu5tb65s
Minnesotans brace for higher winter heating bills
Minnesota households face rising winter heating costs as natural gas and electricity prices climb and colder-than-average temperatures settle in.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
@MPRnews: Minnesotans brace for higher winter heating bills tinyurl.com/yu5tb65s
InForum: 160-mile power line to connect substation near Fargo to central Minnesota tinyurl.com/4kpydxas
160-mile power line to connect substation near Fargo to central Minnesota
Minnesota power companies say the estimated $900 million project will increase electric grid reliability in the region.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
InForum: 160-mile power line to connect substation near Fargo to central Minnesota tinyurl.com/4kpydxas
@wxyzdetroit: Lyon Township residents blindsided by AI data center approval near homes tinyurl.com/47m8h22k
Lyon Township residents blindsided by AI data center approval near homes
Lyon Township residents say they were kept in the dark about approval of massive AI data center just 300 feet from homes, sparking community outrage.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
@wxyzdetroit: Lyon Township residents blindsided by AI data center approval near homes tinyurl.com/47m8h22k
StCroix360: Emerald ash borer infestation reaches upper St. Croix River tinyurl.com/3r6ubn9y
Emerald ash borer infestation reaches upper river
A firsthand report from the front lines of the invasion by the tree-killing insects.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
StCroix360: Emerald ash borer infestation reaches upper St. Croix River tinyurl.com/3r6ubn9y
@WPR: Lawsuit seeks release of expected energy demand from Meta data center in Beaver Dam tinyurl.com/bdj3xuhw
Lawsuit seeks release of expected energy demand from Meta data center in Beaver Dam
An environmental group is suing state utility regulators to release records showing the expected energy demand for a Meta data center campus in Beaver Dam.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
@WPR: Lawsuit seeks release of expected energy demand from Meta data center in Beaver Dam tinyurl.com/bdj3xuhw
@WPR: Lawsuit seeks release of expected energy demand from Meta data center in Beaver Dam tinyurl.com/bdj3xuhw
Lawsuit seeks release of expected energy demand from Meta data center in Beaver Dam
An environmental group is suing state utility regulators to release records showing the expected energy demand for a Meta data center campus in Beaver Dam.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
@WPR: Lawsuit seeks release of expected energy demand from Meta data center in Beaver Dam tinyurl.com/bdj3xuhw
@CanaryMediaInc: Europe’s world-first carbon tariff is coming. Here’s what to know. bit.ly/3MSQ8sT
Europe’s world-first carbon tariff is coming. Here’s what to know.
The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is part of a broader effort to decarbonize heavy industries in Europe and globally. It takes full effect Jan.…
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December 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
@CanaryMediaInc: Europe’s world-first carbon tariff is coming. Here’s what to know. bit.ly/3MSQ8sT
@UtilityDive: NextEra aims to build up to 30 GW in data center gas power supply hubs by 2035 bit.ly/3KKU9Pp
NextEra aims to build up to 30 GW in data center power supply hubs by 2035
As part of that effort, NextEra Energy Resources and Basin Electric Power Cooperative are working on a 1.5-GW gas-fired project to serve data centers in North Dakota.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
@UtilityDive: NextEra aims to build up to 30 GW in data center gas power supply hubs by 2035 bit.ly/3KKU9Pp
@duluthnews: After helium discovery, hunt for Minnesota hydrogen ramps up bit.ly/4rQ3dmW
After helium discovery, hunt for Minnesota hydrogen ramps up
As Pulsar Helium studies its namesake resource near Babbitt and Isabella, several other companies are hoping to strike hydrogen gas beneath Northeastern Minnesota and use it as a carbon-free fuel.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
@duluthnews: After helium discovery, hunt for Minnesota hydrogen ramps up bit.ly/4rQ3dmW
@MichiganAdvance: Shutting down Line 5 is not a risk—It’s responsible leadership for Michigan’s future bit.ly/4pDbclC
Shutting down Line 5 is not a risk—It’s responsible leadership for Michigan’s future • Michigan Advance
We are told we face a difficult choice: protect our water or secure our energy. This is a false narrative, manufactured by a foreign corporation and its allies to disguise their illegal occupation of ...
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December 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
@MichiganAdvance: Shutting down Line 5 is not a risk—It’s responsible leadership for Michigan’s future bit.ly/4pDbclC
@MLive: Michigan utility must issue ice storm outage bill credits after trying to skip payouts bit.ly/4oNShDJ
Michigan utility must issue ice storm outage bill credits after trying to skip payouts
Alpena Power Co. argued the ice storm was an "act of God," and it shouldn't have to compensate customers after long outages. Now, it will pony up nearly $645,000 in bill credits.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
@MLive: Michigan utility must issue ice storm outage bill credits after trying to skip payouts bit.ly/4oNShDJ
@WisconsinWatch: Foxconn, Trump’s ‘America first’ factory, is moving to AI. It’s giving lawmakers some pause. bit.ly/4pvccbJ
Foxconn, Trump’s ‘America first’ factory, is moving to AI. It’s giving lawmakers some pause.
Members of Congress said Wisconsin should first address serious concerns from constituents about manufacturers’ energy and water use, which could strain existing infrastructure and leave consumers …
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December 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
@WisconsinWatch: Foxconn, Trump’s ‘America first’ factory, is moving to AI. It’s giving lawmakers some pause. bit.ly/4pvccbJ