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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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New U of M energy plant reuses energy to bolster efficiency

New U of M energy plant reuses energy to bolster efficiency

A combined heat and power plant on the banks of the Mississippi River near Dinkytown helps power and heat the East Bank campus.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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The industry of climate change denial, and a warm Alaskan winter

The industry of climate change denial, and a warm Alaskan winter

We're tackling climate change denial this week on Climate Cast. MPR News chief meteorologist Paul Huttner talks to three expert researchers who study many facets of the so-called climate change denial industry. Plus, we'll hear on some extra warm temperatures in the northernmost city in the country.
by Paul Huttner

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'Dead fish or dead people?' The challenges of curbing road salt use

'Dead fish or dead people?' The challenges of curbing road salt use

Winter maintenance leaders are realizing the environmental effects of using too much road salt, but it's difficult and costly for them to make changes to longstanding practices.
by Max Nesterak

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State: Over $1B likely needed in PolyMet 'financial assurance'

State: Over $1B likely needed in PolyMet 'financial assurance'

Minnesota officials gave their first indication of the potential amount of environmental liability Minnesota's first ever copper-nickel mine could leave behind.
by Dan Kraker

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EPA says Superfund Task Force left behind little paper trail

EPA says Superfund Task Force left behind little paper trail

Scott Pruitt, the EPA chief, appointed a political supporter from his home state with no experience in pollution cleanups to lead the group tasked with revamping how the nation's most polluted sites are cleaned up.
by Associated Press

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3 men attacked, injured by black bear

Authorities say a black bear that attacked three people in northern Minnesota has been killed.
by The Associated Press

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Study shows Isle Royale moose shrinking while their population booms

Study shows Isle Royale moose shrinking while their population booms

Over 40 years of study, the size of the Isle Royale moose skulls had shrunk by 16 percent, even as the moose population on the Lake Superior island flourished.
by Dan Kraker

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Dangers of the season: thin ice, carbon monoxide

Dangers of the season: thin ice, carbon monoxide

Recent deaths from carbon monoxide and thin ice are a reminder that wintertime hazards in Minnesota take lives every year, and that many are preventable.
by Mark Steil

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