Monthly Archives: July 2008

Wall Street Journal features GEM cars, Gas prices are high when Texans start driving golf carts instead of pickups

Those "golf carts" are assembled right here at the Global Electric Motorcars GEM plant in Fargo ND, perhaps another reason Fargo is ranked #1 by the Earth Day Network for the city with the best overall environment. Thanks to GEM General … Continue reading

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You know gas prices are high when Texans start driving Golf Carts

Those "golf carts" are assembled right here at the Global Electric Motorcars GEM plant in Fargo ND, perhaps another reason Fargo is ranked #1 by the Earth Day Network for the city with the best overall environment. Thanks to GEM General … Continue reading

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ND Farmers no till farming practice adds value of over $2 million with new carbon trading market

"Everett Dobrinski is getting a $4,000 check this week for storing carbon dioxide in his soil But Dobrinski, who farms near Makoti in northwestern North Dakota, said protecting the planet from global warming is not the primary reason he enrolled … Continue reading

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Fargo ranked among top 5 healthiest US cities with Honolulu

Here’s a snippet from the AARP rating, we’re up there with Honolulu, and beat Boulder CO,  This new rating from the AARP may help raise national awareness of some of the many advantages our living in our area.  Some say 60 is the new 30! Fargo … Continue reading

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Fargo ranks among top 5 healthiest cities with Honolulu in another ranking

Here’s a snippet from the AARP rating, we’re up there with Honolulu, and beat Boulder CO,  This new rating from the AARP may help raise national awareness of some of the many advantages our living in our area.  Some say 60 is the new 30! Fargo … Continue reading

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Transit ridership increasing in FM area

Fargo sees 28 percent jump in bus ridersNumbers also up in Moorhead  Check out MAT online here   Learn how to use MAT here FARGO, N.D. (July 21, 2008)  Business is booming at Metro Area Transit (MAT), the bus system … Continue reading

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Natural gas costs could set records

Whats happening in natural gas prices this summer is truly frightening, said Public Service Commissioner Tony Clark after the commission took official notice of fuel cost increases that three utilities will be passing on to their customers with this or … Continue reading

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Oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens puts his money on wind power

The legendary entrepreneur and philanthropist on Tuesday unveiled a new energy plan he says will decrease the United States’ dependency on foreign oil by more than one-third and help shift American energy production toward renewable natural resources. "The Pickens Plan" … Continue reading

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Great turnout at the first Prairie Climate Stewardship conference

Thanks to Renee Gopal and the other directors, organizers and participants of the first Prairie Climate Stewardship conference at University of Mary in Bismarck.  The group heard perspectives on the opportunities and challenges for energy use and development in ND … Continue reading

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Prairie Climate Stewardship Conference today and tomorrow in Bismarck

"Prairie Stewardship Network seeks to establish a basis for action on climate stewardship within and through the faith community by communicating the shared theology of the sacredness of creation and the mandate that we be stewards of creation."  These words … Continue reading

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