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Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

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How 1 company pulls carbon from the air, aiming to avert a climate catastrophe
A U.N. climate report says the only way to avoid the worst climate impacts will be to suck carbon emissions out of the air. Researchers are trying to find a feasible way to do that.
Once hunted to the brink of extinction, elk poised to possibly return to NE Minnesota
Researchers are studying whether it's possible to reintroduce the majestic animal to that region. They're finding that there is potentially both the habitat -- and the public acceptance -- that would be required to bring them back.
Protesters at UN talks demand action against warming climate
Thousands of people from around the world marched Saturday through the southern Polish city that's hosting this year's U.N. climate talks, demanding that their governments take tougher action to curb global warming.