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Some Minn. Residents Wake up to Freezing Temps

The National Weather Service says International Falls reported a low of 30 degrees, a record low for the date. The previous record of 32 degrees was reached three times, most recently in 2009.

Electricity use soars during cold snap - National News | TVNZ

The record peak was 1,852 MW in 2011 when temperatures around the city plummeted and snow fell in some areas.

Keystone XL Lunacy: Trans Canada must relocate 126 endangered beetles to build pipeline | JunkScience.com

Beetles that Trans Canada will have to catch via traps baited with 3-day old dead rats.

EPA Climatism: Dictating Our Lives, Living Standards and Life Spans

We need to save our environment from environmentalists and EPA – and safeguard our liberties, living standards and lives against the arrogance of too-powerful politicians and bureaucrats. How we achieve this, while protecting our lives and environment from real risks, is one of the greatest challenges we face.

Ethanol makers complain about rising Great River Energy rates | StarTribune.com

Industrial customers served by Minnesota’s second-largest power company are complaining that its rates are the highest in the state and heading higher because of questionable management.

Great River Energy, a nonprofit wholesale power supplier to 28 Minnesota cooperative electric utilities, stands accused of poor planning for future power needs and wasteful spending, including its $437 million coal-burning Spiritwood, N.D., power plant completed in 2011. It sits idle because it would lose money producing power in today’s market, the company says.