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DFL state lawmakers propose what they say is most ambitious clean energy goal in U.S.

DFL state lawmakers propose what they say is most ambitious clean energy goal in U.S.

With a slate of executive actions this week, President Joe Biden is aiming the country to use 100 percent clean energy by 2050. In a bill introduced this session, Minnesota lawmakers propose doing it by 2040.
by Paul Huttner and Megan Burks

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Biden to 'pause' oil and gas leasing on public lands and waters

Biden to 'pause' oil and gas leasing on public lands and waters

The move is one of his more controversial campaign promises, and industry groups say they will sue. But it won't have much immediate impact on driving down climate-warming emissions.
by Nathan Rott and Scott Detrow

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Goade becomes first Native American to win Caldecott Medal

Goade becomes first Native American to win Caldecott Medal

Illustrator Michaela Goade became the first Native American to win the prestigious Randolph Caldecott Medal for best children's picture story, cited for "We Are Water Protectors," a celebration of nature and condemnation of the "black snake" Dakota Access Pipeline.
by The Associated Press

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Walz calls for 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2040

Walz calls for 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2040

Governor Tim Walz is pushing a goal for Minnesota to produce 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2040, a decade earlier than he previously proposed. 
by Kirsti Marohn

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Wisconsin DNR board refuses to set early wolf hunt

Wisconsin DNR board refuses to set early wolf hunt

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources policy board narrowly refused Republican legislators' request Friday to implement a wolf hunt immediately, citing concerns that the department can't move that fast and Wisconsin's Native American tribes haven't been consulted as per treaty rights.
by The Associated Press

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Neighbors make surprise discovery in Duluth beach restoration: Shreds of vintage cans

Neighbors make surprise discovery in Duluth beach restoration: Shreds of vintage cans

In the past few months, people who live along Duluth's Park Point spit have been picking up shredded aluminum cans — by the bagful — on the neighborhood's Lake Superior beach. The metal fragments were inadvertently deposited there last fall, when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged sediment from the harbor to help build back the eroding beach.
by Dan Kraker

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6 numbers that show President Biden's greatest challenges

6 numbers that show President Biden's greatest challenges

President Joe Biden is calling for unity to address several current crises, but that will prove difficult in a country as divided as ever.
by Domenico Montanaro

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