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Minnesota proposes teaching climate change as human-caused
Minnesota's draft science education standards include teaching climate change as a human-caused phenomenon -- the first time in Minnesota such guidelines have ascribed human activity as the driver behind global warming.
Minn. farmers have most to lose if conservation cut from farm bill
House and Senate negotiators are trying to work out a deal on the farm bill before the end of the year, but one key difference between the House and Senate versions of the bill is the fate of the Conservation Stewardship Program, which gives farmers credit for maintaining practices that reduce soil erosion and improve water quality.
Climate change slows oil company plan to drill in the Arctic
Development of the first oil production facility in federal Arctic waters will take longer than planned. That's because warming temperatures are melting the sea ice needed to build it.
This American Moment: Pushing climate change reform across political divides
Former South Carolina Congressman Bob Inglis was once a climate-science denying Republican. He now thinks very differently, and has said his refusal to treat climate science as accurate was more motivated by politics than by scientific evidence. Inglis talked to MPR News host Kerri Miller about religion, climate, and politics.
Line 3 oil pipeline moves closer to construction in northern Minnesota
State regulators took additional steps at a meeting Monday in St. Paul to push the controversial project closer to final approval. But opponents vow they will continue to fight it.