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Environmental News

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 Cast

Listen to Climate Cast, the MPR News podcast all about our changing climate and its impact in Minnesota and worldwide.

Minn. court sides with climate change activists in pipeline case

Minn. court sides with climate change activists in pipeline case

Four people who broke into Enbridge Energy property in Minnesota in an effort to stop oil from flowing can argue they needed to shut the pipeline down, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Monday.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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For MN farmers, finally a welcome change in season

It finally feels like spring in Minnesota. Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer checked in with farmer Betsy Jensen for an update on spring planting and the growing season.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Judge: Minn. regulators should approve Line 3, but not on new route

Judge: Minn. regulators should approve Line 3, but not on new route

An administrative law judge on Monday issued a nonbinding recommendation that Minnesota regulators approve Enbridge's contentious Line 3 oil pipeline proposal, but only if it replaces the existing line in its current location -- not a new route as Enbridge has proposed.
by Dan Kraker

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Pipeline to 'nowhere' no more: water project nears Worthington

Pipeline to 'nowhere' no more: water project nears Worthington

The Lewis and Clark project in southwestern Minnesota will be completed this fall after nearly 30 years of waiting, bringing the city some much-needed water security.
by Mark Steil

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Cleaning up polluted water is tough, but possible. Here's how

Cleaning up polluted water is tough, but possible. Here's how

Removing pollutants from a body of water is costly, time-consuming and rare. But there are some success stories, and MPR News took a look at two of them.
by Cody Nelson

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Report shows Midwest's most 'climate resilient' landscapes

Report shows Midwest's most 'climate resilient' landscapes

The latest report from the Nature Conservancy focuses on different locations' capacity to support a variety of species despite climate change.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Climate One: Dieselgate's Impact on the Auto Industry

Climate One: Dieselgate's Impact on the Auto Industry

A look at the future of the auto industry, and personal mobility, after Volkswagen's air emissions cheating scandal.

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The Rocky Mountains have a dust problem

The Rocky Mountains have a dust problem

Dust in the Rocky Mountain snow can cause elevated water runoff, and greater opportunities for forest fires.
by Luke Runyon

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