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Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

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Can Minnesota lawmakers find common ground on energy issues? Some think so

Can Minnesota lawmakers find common ground on energy issues? Some think so

The balance of power remains uncertain, and it’s not clear how climate actions will fare under a divided state government, but some legislators think the two parties may be able to find bipartisan agreement on some energy issues.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Cookware group files lawsuit against Minnesota’s PFAS ban

Cookware group files lawsuit against Minnesota’s PFAS ban

The Cookware Sustainability Alliance filed the complaint against Katrina Kessler, the commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The complaint seeks a declaration that Amara’s Law, which went into effect on Jan. 1, is unconstitutional and unenforceable.
by Regina Medina

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Biden creates 2 new national monuments, setting a conservation record

Biden creates 2 new national monuments, setting a conservation record

The White House says President Joe Biden has now protected a total of 674 million acres of lands and waters — a record for any administration. This includes two new national monuments in California.
by Deepa Shivaram

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‘I wanted to do something cool’: Meet the man who made the Minnesota-shaped forest

‘I wanted to do something cool’: Meet the man who made the Minnesota-shaped forest

Years before Google Earth, DNR forester Bill Lockner used hand tools and calculated all the angles and distances to etch Minnesota’s shape into a stretch of forest in Lake of the Woods County. He doesn’t talk about it much, but he spoke recently with MPR News.
by Dan Gunderson

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Xcel Energy customers to see higher bills in 2025

Xcel Energy customers to see higher bills in 2025

In December, the state Public Utilities Commission approved a 5.2 percent interim rate increase for Minnesota’s largest electric utility. That amounts to an extra $5.39 a month for a typical household.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Beargrease sled dog race postponed until March because of lack of snow

Beargrease sled dog race postponed until March because of lack of snow

The John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon, originally scheduled for late January along the North Shore of Lake Superior, has been postponed to March 2 because of a lack of snow and poor trail conditions.
by Dan Kraker

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