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All content by Rolf Westgard

Regulating sulfide mining

by Rolf Westgard
Published January 28, 2014

The dispute over mining Minnesota’s world-class mineral deposits is drawing big crowds to the public hearings on the new Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement. All those minerals —...

Celebrating Earth Hour

by Rolf Westgard
Published March 21, 2013

At 8:30 p.m. local time on March 23, perhaps two billion people will recognize Earth Hour by turning off lights. It will be a time to consider our obligation to the earth’s environment in light of...

Rising gas prices are nothing new

by Rolf Westgard
Published March 30, 2011

Drivers cringe while watching the dollar total rise at the gas pump. Their complaints mount in newspaper letters and at the offices of their state and federal lawmakers. The current turmoil in the Middle...

At climate conference, just more talk

by Rolf Westgard
Published November 29, 2010
Big emitters like China are refusing to act and the new Congress is full of climate-change deniers.

Nick Coleman burns finger on nuclear issue

by Rolf Westgard
Published September 5, 2010
Star Tribune Columnist Coleman refers to “a host of unsolved problems” without naming any except for a vague reference to nuclear spent fuel waste.

Wind power not worth the cost

by Rolf Westgard
Published May 2, 2010
Wind farms are unreliable, inefficient and expensive.

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