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Obama’s Delay on Keystone XL Cowardly but Clever?

Republicans don't like President Barack Obama's long delay in making a decision about the Keystone XL pipeline. I don't like it, either: I wish he'd just tell TransCanada to shove their pipeline up their own backcountry. But could the President's…

Americans Using Less Electricity; ALEC Attacks to Protect Market Share

An eager reader makes a fascinating connection between power use and ALEC. As I noted yesterday from Barbara Sogn-Frank's excellent column, the American Legislative Exchange Council is working on behalf of Big Oil, Big Coal, and other members of the…

Betty Olson To Carry ALEC Water Against Net Metering

Rep. Betty Olson (R-28B/Prairie City) had fun on the taxpayers' dime at the ALEC conference this month: There were some great speakers at the policy summit: Rep. Paul Ryan, Sen. Ron Johnson, Sen. Ted Cruz, Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead, Indiana…

South Dakota Lagging on Solar Power Development

South Dakota has some innovators taking advantage of solar power, but we're still behind the rest of the country in squeezing electricity from all that free nuclear fusion from heaven. Nerd Wallet ranks states for residential solar energy based on…

South Dakota 39th in Energy Production, 8th in Consumption

The Energy Information Administration profiles energy production and consumption in each state. Some fast energy facts about South Dakota: South Dakota ranks 39th for energy production. We make 0.3% of America's energy. Minnesota produces twice that share and ranks 34th.…