• Skip to main content

CURE (Clean Up the River Environment)

  • About
    • Who We Are
    • How We Work
    • Board of Directors
    • Staff
    • Annual Report
    • Join Our Team
    • Contact Us
  • What We Do
    • Clean Cars Minnesota
      • Clean Cars Comment Form
      • Clean Cars Benefits
      • Rural Clean Cars Stories
    • Climate
      • Sharing Stories: Growing Relationships with the Land
    • Energy Democracy
      • Rural Power
      • CURE Charts Course to Clean Co-ops
      • Rural Electrification 2.0
      • Minnesota Rural Electric Co-op Report Card
      • Energy News
    • Rural Democracy Project
      • Voter Engagement
      • We All Do Better
      • Rural Democracy News
    • Water Sustainability
      • Water 101
      • Water Ethic Charter
      • Water News
        • Legislative Updates
    • Connecting with Nature
      • BioBlitz 2019
      • Connecting with Nature
  • Get Involved
    • Take Action
    • Stay Connected
    • Upcoming Events
    • Social Media
  • Media & Blog
    • CURE Blog
    • CURE in the news
    • Press Releases
    • Press Inquiries
    • Newsletter
  • Join/Donate
    • Donate
      • Donation Form | PDF
    • Monthly Donor
      • Monthly Giving FAQ
      • Monthly Donor | PDF Form
      • Monthly Donor: Checking
    • Membership Form
    • Capital Campaign
    • Tributes
    • Leave Your Legacy
      • Appreciated Securities
      • Charitable Trust
      • Bequests
      • Life Insurance Gifts
      • Real Estate
    • Store

Energy News

Hands clasp

An Open Letter: Electric Co-ops Must Lead in the COVID Crisis

June 18, 2020 Leave a Comment

To nonprofit leaders, community organizers, advocacy groups, and elected officials, We are leaders of faith, justice, agriculture, cooperative, rural and environmental organizations that share an understanding of the significance that rural electric cooperatives hold for resilience and economic relief and recovery during this time of crisis. With this open letter, we are calling on you […]

Wind Turbines and a Coal Power Plant

The future of coal is dim

June 17, 2020 Leave a Comment

By Merrill Piepkorn, North Dakota State Senator, District 44 — North Fargo Great River Energy is a Minnesota-based cooperative that serves 700,000 members through 28 electric cooperatives. The lignite coal burning Coal Creek Station electric generation plant near Washburn, N.D., has been one of Great River’s major sources of electricity since it began operating in […]

A graphic illustrating cooperation in front of an image of houses on a residential street.

Electric Co-ops need to be bold leaders in a time of crisis

March 18, 2020 Leave a Comment

The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing a myriad of weaknesses in our world’s economic, political, and social systems. Millions of people will be impacted worldwide, and the virus has already driven a major collapse on Wall Street. Times are going to be very tough for people across the U.S., across Minnesota–and especially in rural communities. During […]

Newer Posts
Older Posts

© 2021 Clean Up the River Environment (CURE) · 117 South 1st St, Montevideo, MN 56265 · 320-269-2984 ·