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Faith Spotted Eagle Faith Spotted Eagle is a 70 year old grandmother who lives on Ihanktonwan Dakota Territory (Yankton Sioux) in Southeastern South Dakota. She is a fluent speaker of the Dakota Language and a member of the Ihanktonwan. She has two children. Kip Spotted Eagle is a Dakota Language Instructor and Brook Spotted Eagle is a […]
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26
Join CURE as we gather at Wegdahl County Park on the banks of the Minnesota River to celebrate Women, Water & Democracy on Saturday, July 28 from 10 am – 10 pm. The morning features an Introduction to a Water Ethic Charter for Minnesota presented by CURE and The State of Minnesota Waters presented by […]
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21
CURE's Minnesota Local Energy Project loves co-ops, but we want our co-ops to readily provide member-owners with all the information they need to make decisions. #energydemocracy
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Minnesota co-op websites get failing grade on disclosing power sources
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A rural environmental group takes electric cooperatives to task for not providing better online information.For every $1 you give we get $3 more! CURE has qualified for a $25,000 Small Cities Commercial Rehabilitation Grant if we can raise a $7,500 match. This match will help us with more than 50% of our renovation project. Thank you for Giving to the Max! www.givemn.org/story/Curenipandtuck
When member-owners are cut out of the process co-op executives can do as they please, totally unchecked. We need to bring our co-ops back under member control.
How can co-op member-owners make the smartest decisions for their co-op if they don’t have all the information available to them?
Minnesota rural electric co-ops aren’t making the grade when it comes to democracy and transparency. Check out how your co-op stacks up.
Minnesota Local Energy Project
Today the Minnesota Local Energy Project is releasing the Rural Electric Co-op Report Card. This report details the shortcomings CURE found on the websites of Minnesota's 44 rural electric co-ops. Th...