Minnesota HF3813 Lead ammunition ban

[49ereric]

I laugh because PNM's (Public Service of New Mexico) CEO is from Xcel Energy, is trying to implement the same thing in concert with the liberal gov't of NM, and has been somewhat of a belly-flop...

I was working at the prairie Island nuke plant in 2018 for a contractor when the news came.

In December 2018, Xcel Energy announced its vision to provide 100% carbon-free electricity to customers by 2050. “As the economics of clean energy have improved, it became clearer that we could meet more aggressive goals without sacrificing affordability or reliability for our customers,” says Environmental Policy Manager Nick Martin. Previously, the utility planned to reach a 60% reduction of carbon emissions by 2030 (from 2005 levels), and 80% by 2050. Now it expects to meet the 80% reduction target a full two decades earlier, much faster than anyone had anticipated.

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The company’s strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions includes adding thousands of megawatts of renewable energy, in part to meet the expectations of its customers and investors, says Martin. Xcel Energy is nearly finished with an extensive wind energy build out and has proposed adding considerable solar capacity over the next decade, including in the upper Midwest.

 

[roadrunner]

I was working at the prairie Island nuke plant in 2018 for a contractor when the news came.

In December 2018, Xcel Energy announced its vision to provide 100% carbon-free electricity to customers by 2050. “As the economics of clean energy have improved, it became clearer that we could meet more aggressive goals without sacrificing affordability or reliability for our customers,” says Environmental Policy Manager Nick Martin. Previously, the utility planned to reach a 60% reduction of carbon emissions by 2030 (from 2005 levels), and 80% by 2050. Now it expects to meet the 80% reduction target a full two decades earlier, much faster than anyone had anticipated.

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The company’s strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions includes adding thousands of megawatts of renewable energy, in part to meet the expectations of its customers and investors, says Martin. Xcel Energy is nearly finished with an extensive wind energy build out and has proposed adding considerable solar capacity over the next decade, including in the upper Midwest.

All the meanwhile on the NM side, a certain executive said the we don't know how we're going to do it, but the technology should be there when it's time to do a full conversion...

 

[49ereric]

All the meanwhile on the NM side, a certain executive said the we don't know how we're going to do it, but the technology should be there when it's time to do a full conversion...

Work in progress but at least Xcel took action.

 

[Weldor]

Copper alloys come from mining. 100's of tons of waste rock, slag, not to mention acid plants and ponds. No eco friendly stuff there. This green thing is not very well thought out.