Articles tagged under: Great Plains Institute
GPI Creates New Online Carbon Management Tool
Published September 29, 2023
Minneapolis-based Great Plains Institute has created the first of its kind tool that provides social, environmental, legal and community data that can be used to determine sites for carbon management projects. Louisiana is the first state where this interactive mapping…Clean Fuels Podcast: New Technology Allows Integration of Ethanol into Existing Diesel Engines
Published April 4, 2022
ClearFlame Engine Technologies has developed engine technology that allows heavy-duty trucks and diesel-driven farm equipment to operate on 100 percent plant-based fuel. ClearFlame CEO BJ Johnson is part of the latest Clean Fuels Podcast and highlights this unique engine technology. CleanFlame has…Clean Fuels Podcast: A Midwestern Approach to Clean Fuels Policy
Published January 14, 2022
Great Plains Institute President and CEO Rolf Nordstrom and Vice President of Transportation and Fuels Brendan Jordan join Red River Farm Network's Don Wick to talk about a new clean fuels policy being considered in the Minnesota Legislature, along with…Walz Advances Climate Change Initiative
Published October 7, 2021
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz issued a directive for the state agriculture and transportation departments to pursue a new Clean Fuel Standard. Stakeholder groups will be asked to identify goals and opportunities and deliver their recommendations in February. A Future Fuels…Carbon Sequestration: A Risk or an Opportunity?
Published May 20, 2021
The climate change debate is often framed as a risk. Great Plains Institute President and CEO Rolf Nordstrom says it can also be an opportunity for farmers. "We envision a world where farmers are rewarded financially based, in part, on…