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Link to Preventing Moisture Accumulation Fact Sheet (to reduce use of a dehumidifier)

Buying Locally

Green Pricing

Renewable Energy Certificates -- Green Tags / Q&A

Some Daily Choices that Affect the Environment: Water: Tap or Bottled; Red Meat Consumption; and the Food We Buy -- Food Miles

Preventing Moisture Accumulation

The Department of Energy has a useful Insulation Fact Sheet: You Must Prevent Moisture Accumulation. Information includes ways to avoid moisture problems and six things one should consider. This information is helpful to those of us who are looking for other ways to reduce moisture in areas in our homes that are "always moist," thereby reducing our use of a dehumidifier. A dehumidifier that cycles 50% instead of running constantly lowers our CO2 emissions by half.

Buying Locally

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Locally Grown Directory for North Dakota comprising: Farmers Markets, Pick Your Own, On Farm Sales, Road Side Stand, Farmers Market Vendor/Producer, Home Delivery. Select Farmers Market Vendor/Producer for listing of market place, time, and produce available.

Directory for Minnesota Farmers’ Market Association

Green Pricing

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Available only from certain utility providers. See below

Dakota Electric Association

Program: Wellspring Renewable Wind Energy. For more information, go to. Service areas: parts of Dakota, Goodhue, Scott, and Rice counties, just south of the Twin Cities.

Minnkota Power Cooperative Inc

Program: Infinity Wind Energy. For more information, go to. Available to customers of the following cooperatives:

Beltrami Electric Cooperative

Cass County Electric Cooperative

Cavalier Rural Electric Cooperative

Clearwater-Polk Electric Co-op

Nodak Electric Cooperative

North Star Electric Cooperative

PKM Electric Cooperative

Red Lake Electric Cooperative

Red River Valley Cooperative Power Association

Roseau Electric Cooperative

Wild Rice Electric Cooperative

 

Moorhead Public Service

Program: Capture the Wind. For more information, go to. A community-owned electricity and water utility

 

Ottertail Power Company

Program: TailWinds Wind Energy. For more information, go to. Service Areas:

Rugby/Garrison area includes Bottineau, Drake, Fessenden, Garrison, Harvey, Leeds, McClusky, Rolette, Rugby, Tuttle, Underwood, Velva, and Washburn.

Devils Lake area includes the towns of Belcourt, Devils Lake, Edmore, Finley, Fort Totten, Langdon, McVille, Michigan, Minnewaukan, and Rolla as well as other communities.

Jamestown area includes the major towns of Carrington, Cooperstown, Jamestown, Lisbon, New Rockford and Oakes

Wahpeton area includes the Red River Valley area, Hankinson, Casselton, Kindred, Lidgerwood, Mapleton, Wyndmere in North Dakota and Wheaton, Minnesota.

Crookston area includes Argyle, Crookston, Erskine, Fertile, Hallock, Karlstad, Mahnomen, Red Lake Falls, and Twin Valley in Minnesota, and Pembina, North Dakota

Bemidji area includes Bemidji, Cass Lake, Clearbrook, Gonvick, and Gully.

Fergus Fall areas includes Ashby, Audobon, Battle Lake, Brandon, Fergus Falls, Frazee, New York Mills, Parkers Prairie, Pelican Rapids, and Perham

Morris area includes Appleton, Canby, Chokio, Dawson, Graceville, Hancock, Hendricks, Herman, Hoffman, Kensington, Kerkhoven, Lake Benton, Minneota, and Morris.

Millbank area includes DeSmet, Hayti, Milbank, and Sisseton in South Dakota and Browns Valley in Minnesota.

For printer-friendly version of Green Pricing Download PDF or Download Word

Renewable Energy Certificates

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Participate in an aggregate purchase if green pricing is not available to you.

For answers to some common questions on Renewable Energy Certificates, also known as Green Tags, Download PDF or Download Word

Briefly, one renewable energy certificate (also known as a green tag) represents the environmental benefits resulting from the generation of 1,000 kilowatt hours of renewable energy. Until green pricing is available throughout the state, participating in an aggregate purchase of renewable energy certificates provides us with an opportunity to offset the impact of our personal energy consumption and support the production of renewable energy, one of the solutions to climate change. By purchasing renewable energy certificates, we will be providing an added incentive for more renewables to be integrated into the energy system.

A minimum threshold of 1,000 tags is required when purchasing green tags. A tag costs $2.50 through an aggregate purchase. A typical family would need to purchase 12 tags a year to offset the impact of its home energy use. By participating in an aggregate purchase, groups, families, and individuals can decide whether or not to offset the impact of their total personal energy use. In addition, each can purchase what each can afford. PSN will organize and monitor the aggregate purchase. For more information contact PCSN at 701-647-2532.

Some Daily Choices that Affect the Environment

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Download PDF or Download Word to learn more about the:

  • Environmental impact of bottled water: Several reasons to drink tap water if your tap water is safe to drink;
  • Environmental impact of a diet primarily based on red meat consumption: One reason to reduce red meat consumption; and
  • Environmental impact of eating non-local produce: One sound reason to buy local food. For "10 Reasons to Buy Local Food" go to.
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