{"id":2306181,"date":"2023-12-13T07:57:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T13:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vxartnews.com\/?page_id=2306181"},"modified":"2023-12-15T07:05:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T13:05:56","slug":"a-low-carbon-future-for-minnesotas-iron-range","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vxartnews.com\/a-low-carbon-future-for-minnesotas-iron-range\/","title":{"rendered":"A low-carbon future for Minnesota's Iron Range"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>A collaboration between the Vxartnews and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaxe.org\/\">KAXE\/KBXE<\/a>, an independent, nonprofit community radio station that tells the stories of northern Minnesota.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha show-image 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.entry-meta {font-size: 0.8em;}\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"2306181\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"2306089\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-decarbonizing-steel tag-hydrogen tag-minnesota tag-syndication category-midwest category-news category-syndication type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"min-height: 51vh; padding-top: 10.2vh;\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vxartnews.com\/2023\/12\/12\/low-emissions-steelmaking-could-be-big-business-for-minnesotas-iron-range-experts-say\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vxartnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/iron-ore-us-steel.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Low-emissions steelmaking could be big business for Minnesota's Iron Range, experts say\u00a0\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vxartnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/iron-ore-us-steel.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vxartnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/iron-ore-us-steel.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vxartnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/iron-ore-us-steel.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vxartnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/iron-ore-us-steel.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vxartnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/iron-ore-us-steel.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vxartnews.com\/2023\/12\/12\/low-emissions-steelmaking-could-be-big-business-for-minnesotas-iron-range-experts-say\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Low-emissions steelmaking could be big business for Minnesota's Iron Range, experts say\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The region has a unique ability to produce green hydrogen and iron pellets that don't require coal to process.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/vxartnews.com\/author\/larissa-donovan-kaxe-kbxe-news\/\">Larissa Donovan, KAXE\/KBXE News<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-12-12T05:00:00\">December 12, 2023<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-12-13T08:01:16-06:00\">December 13, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha ts-3  has-text-align-left\"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"2306181\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-section-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>more from this series<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"2306146\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-decarbonizing-steel tag-efficiency tag-minnesota tag-syndication category-midwest category-news category-syndication type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vxartnews.com\/2023\/12\/13\/minnesota-iron-mines-explore-new-technology-to-reduce-energy-water-use\/\" 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