CAPX2020 UTILITIES ANNOUNCE RIVER CROSSING THROUGH WILDLIFE REFUGE; CITIZENS GROUP CHALLENGES NEED FOR HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINE

A proposed ultra high voltage power line would cross Minnesota’s Great River Road National Scenic Byway and would run through the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. Even though the utilities are required by Minnesota law to have at least one alternative, they have provided no alternate route across the Mississippi River and [...]

David Carpenter: High-voltage power lines pose health risks

Dr. David O. Carpenter, a public health physician trained at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University at Albany, State University of New York, points out research indicating that the CapX2020 power lines will increase the risk of leukemia, Alzheimer’s, brain cancer, and more, for [...]

Dean Regnier’s CapX2020 Letter to Post-Bulletin Among Best 10 of 2009

Congrats to Mazeppa resident Dean Regnier, whose letter (below and here) made the list of TOP TEN BEST LETTERS OF 2009 for the Rochester Post Bulletin!
Say ‘No!’ to CapX2020 transmission line
Published Nov. 3, 2009
Xcel Energy claims there is a growing demand for power — that’s why they want to build massive 15-story high transmission lines [...]

Power Line Radiation Harms Human Health?

Yesterday the St. Paul Pioneer Press had an article about EMF’s effects on human health.
It points north on a compass. It turns the motors in hair dryers and refrigerators. And it emanates from high-voltage power lines.
But is a magnetic field harmful to human health?
Read the rest of the article at TwinCities.com, or archived here.

Expert Testimony on EMF from Power Lines

See Dr. David O. Carpenter’s in-depth testimony on the neurological effects of EMF here.

Does CapX2020 Make You Feel Small?

Post this flyer and write the judge by January 15. Thanks, everyone!

Big Stone II is Canceled!

On November 2, 2009, the developers of Big Stone II coal-fired power plant in South Dakota officially cancelled the $1.6 billion project. Otter Tail Power Company and other utilities involved blamed the poor economy and concerns about impending federal regulations of carbon dioxide emissions. Read the AP story here.
This victory for environmental and renewable [...]

Media Alert: CETF’s CapX2020 Appeal Moves Forward

CETF appeal — media alert

CETF Appeal Clears First Hurdle!

Although the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission questioned CETF’s right to have our appeal heard in the Minnesota Court of Appeals, on October 15, 2009, the Court of Appeals ordered that the case will move forward to be decided on its merits.
On September 9, 2009, Citizens Energy Task Force filed a formal appeal challenging the Minnesota [...]

NAWO Study Finds Distributed Generation Cheaper than Conventional Transmission Development

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PRESS RELEASE                                                                                    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 21, 2009                                                                      Contact:  George Crocker    cell 651-491-9726
Transmission For Local, Distributed Electric Generators Much Cheaper Than Conventional Transmission Development, Finds New Minnesota Utility Study.
A new study released on September 15th by the Minnesota Department of Commerce contains [...]