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November 2, 2021 3:49 PM

Biden says climate fears are well-founded but touts progress at the U.N. summit

While President Joe Biden has been working with world leaders on the pressing issue of climate change, his domestic plans for more funding still face holdouts.

by Brian Naylor

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November 2, 2021 9:55 AM

Nations with 85% of Earth's forests pledge to reverse deforestation

More than 100 countries have pledged to reverse the loss of crucial forestland needed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

by Scott Neuman

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November 2, 2021 6:00 AM

How loss of historical lands makes Native Americans more vulnerable to climate change

Indigenous nations across the U.S. lost nearly 99 percent of their historical land base over time, new research shows. What little land they have left is especially vulnerable to climate change risks.

by Rachel Treisman

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November 2, 2021 12:02 AM

Biden proposes new rules to cut climate-warming methane emissions

In a major expansion, the new rules would apply not just to new operations but to older ones as well. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, and considered key to slowing global warming quickly.

by Jeff Brady

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November 1, 2021 1:53 PM

Biden announces a plan in Glasgow to help poorer countries with climate change

In a speech to the U.N. climate summit on Monday, President Joe Biden laid out his strategy for reaching goals to curb emissions — and a plan to help developing countries adapt to climate change.

by Brian Naylor

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October 31, 2021 5:35 PM

Biden says he worries that cutting oil production too fast will hurt working people

"On the surface it seems like an irony," Biden said of calling on major producers to pump more oil even as he heads to the climate summit. "But the truth of the matter is ... everyone knows that idea that we're going to be able to move to renewable energy overnight ... it's just not rational."

by Tamara Keith

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October 31, 2021 4:38 PM

G-20 make mild pledges on climate neutrality, coal financing

Leaders of the world’s biggest economies agreed Sunday to stop funding coal-fired power plants in poor countries and made a vague commitment to seek carbon neutrality “by or around mid-century” as they wrapped up a Rome summit before a much larger U.N. climate conference.

by The Associated Press

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October 31, 2021 7:00 AM

Minnesota moves closer to completing St. Louis River restoration

This month the Minnesota DNR completed one of its largest-ever habitat restoration projects, a three-year, $18 million project restoring 230 acres of coastal wetland habitat in the St. Louis River estuary near Duluth.

by Dan Kraker

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October 29, 2021 2:25 PM

Northern lights this weekend? Yes, maybe

A strong geomagnetic storm will deliver the basic ingredients to produce aurora borealis sightings across Minnesota Saturday and Sunday. But don’t grab your camera just yet.

by MPR News Staff