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Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

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University of Minnesota Professor emeritus appropriately wore a tropical-themed shirt to his weekly weather chat with MPR's Cathy Wurzer. This coming week is going to get warm and wet.
Several media outlets are changing their stylebooks to replace the words climate change with climate crisis. Is this a good move that more accurately reflects the reality of the situation? Or does it hurt more than it helps?
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From an early season hurricane that threatens to flood New Orleans to a wetter-than-normal summer in Minnesota, we'll talk about it all.
Finding spiritual connections, a sense of place on the Mississippi River
Amoke Kubat, a retired schoolteacher who lives in north Minneapolis, feels a special connection to the Mississippi River. She's sharing it with others with the hope of reconnecting African-Americans to the water and land.
Once-threatened peregrines flying high across Minnesota
In less than 20 years' time, the peregrine falcon has bounced back from "endangered to fully recovered." Staff and volunteers at Tettegouche State Park just wrapped up their peregrine banding program for the year.