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MPR News is your source for environment news from Minnesota and across the country.

Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

Getting to Green is an MPR News series that shares stories about Minnesota’s clean energy transition, including what needs to be done to get there.

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Climate change: Are we screwed?

The short answer: It's complicated, but there's hope.
by Manda Lillie and Angela Davis

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'Absurd': 3 Minnesota towns crushed state rainfall records last year

'Absurd': 3 Minnesota towns crushed state rainfall records last year

Harmony's 2018 rain total would have been common for a Gulf Coast city, not Minnesota. But massive rainfalls are the new normal as the climate changes. A state climatologist expects Minnesota's precipitation record to be broken again soon.
by Paul Huttner and Cody Nelson

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Plan would use dredged sand to build islands near Lake Pepin

Plan would use dredged sand to build islands near Lake Pepin

A plan to use sand and sediment removed from the Mississippi River to build several islands near the head of Lake Pepin is moving forward.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Sandstone hopes to be a Minnesota ice climbing mecca, if the ice holds out

Sandstone hopes to be a Minnesota ice climbing mecca, if the ice holds out

Sandstone's ice cliffs offer a practical lesson in the problems of climate change and how Minnesotans must increasingly adapt. The cliffs attract climbers and business, but it's getting harder to keep the scene going as winter temperatures moderate.
by Cody Nelson

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Google looking at $600M data center in Becker, Minn.

Google looking at $600M data center in Becker, Minn.

Sherburne County in central Minnesota appears to be in the running for a Google data center worth around $600 million, according to a filing Thursday by Xcel Energy.
by MPR News Staff

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Boosted by a Walz, teens press new governor on climate change

Boosted by a Walz, teens press new governor on climate change

Dozens of teenagers packed the governor's office on the third day of the new administration, asking for 100-percent renewable energy, no new pipelines and greenhouse gas emissions regulations.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Walz administration pressed to take a stand on Line 3 oil pipeline project

Walz administration pressed to take a stand on Line 3 oil pipeline project

The Walz administration hasn't indicated a specific stance on the controversial project, but Gov. Walz has asked the state's commerce commissioner to take another look at the legal challenge started by the previous governor.
by Dan Kraker

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Inside a Minnesota high school where climate change is the focus

Inside a Minnesota high school where climate change is the focus

Apple Valley high school students are learning science that could help save themselves and future generations from the worst of climate change's impending effects.
by Cody Nelson

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Bugs are sustainable food, but how do you convince people to eat them?

Bugs are sustainable food, but how do you convince people to eat them?

A new study shows that when ads made hedonistic marketing claims, such as "exotic" or "delicious," rather than targeting environmental interests, more people were willing to try eating insects.
by Berly McCoy

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