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What's new at the Great Plains Institute and other energy policy news.

  • Ten Midwestern Leaders Sign Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord Also Establish Regional Goals and Initiatives to Achieve Energy Security and Promote Renewable Energy: 2007 Midwestern Governors Association Energy Security and Climate Change Summit .
  • NCSL Advanced Coal Technologies Energy Institute: Presentations available online.
  • Midwest Renewable Energy Tracking System (M-RETS) Issues Certificates: APX Market System Delivers Certification, Tracking and Trading Capabilities On-Time.
  • Delegation to Europe on Advanced Gasification Technology, Carbon Capture and Geologic Sequestration, and Climate Policy: Climate-Friendly Coal Technologies, Climate Policy and Carbon Markets .
  • Powering the Plains: Energy Transition Roadmap Released.
  • Des Moines Register Blog: Fueling Iowa's Future.
  • Home Grown Energy Security:: The Potential for Chemicals, Fuels, and Power from Prairie Grasses .
  • Reducing CO2 Emissions in the Upper Midwest: Technology, Resources, Economics and Policy.
  • The Energy and Emissions Tracker: Take Over the World!.
  • Northern Plains-Midwest Coal Technology and Climate Policy Delegation to the Netherlands and Germany: Accelerating Adoption of Advanced Coal Technologies with Carbon Capture and Sequestration.
  • Provide input on a developing regional energy transition roadmap!: Town hall meetings in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
  • The Northern H: Developing the First Canada-U.S. Hydrogen Refueling Network: Northern H Report.
  • Midwest Renewable Energy Tracking System (M-RETS): Read the recommendations for the functional design and operation of the M-RETS.
  • 2005 Legislation Session: Here are links to GPI-related bills by jurisdiction during the 2005 legislation sessions..