When Bluestem last wrote about the Minnesota Rural Electric Association in January 10's Fact check: is the Coalition for a Secure Energy Future "hard hat labor" lobbying group? Well, no, the rural electric cooperative membership group was cheerfully sponsoring the February 4 2019 Energy and Labor Summit hosted by the Coalition for a Secure Energy Future and its partners.
MREA was one of those partners.
But you'd never guess that the MREA had a thing to do with the North Dakota Industrial Commission's marketing effort to judge by art works on the invitation the group sent to Minnesota state lawmakers inviting them and their staff to a reception at the group's annual meeting on February 19:
Invitation to MREA Annual Meeting Reception posted by Sally Jo Sorensen on Scribd
Bluestem congratulates the MREA for its graphic change of heart, branding itself with pictures of wind turbines and solar panels, a completely renewable image.
Photo: Children romping through coal mine on one of the co-operative member junkets the Lignite Energy Council puts together.
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