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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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Nations clinch landmark pact to fight climate change

Nations clinch landmark pact to fight climate change

More than 150 countries have reached a major agreement in Kigali, Rwanda to reduce emissions of a powerful chemical used in refrigeration and air conditioning that traps heat in Earth's atmosphere.

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Xcel's coal plant retirement plan gets regulatory approval

Xcel's coal plant retirement plan gets regulatory approval

A combination of factors are making it possible for Xcel Energy to reduce carbon emissions 60 percent by 2030, utility officials said Friday.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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How a far-sighted Minnesota scientist pointed America toward the future

How a far-sighted Minnesota scientist pointed America toward the future

The National Sea Grant Program, which turns 50 years old this month, is the brainchild of a former University of Minnesota Dean who also proposed a domed experimental city in Aitkin County and wrote a famous comic strip.
by Dan Kraker

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We pay billions for greener farms, so what does that buy us?

We pay billions for greener farms, so what does that buy us?

American farmers receive billions of dollars each year in "conservation payments" that are intended to protect the environment. Some environmentalists say the payments deserve scrutiny -- and reform.
by Dan Charles

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MN Corn Growers Association pledges to help environment

The Minnesota Corn Growers Association is pledging new efforts to make the state's corn farmers the country's "most sustainable and environmentally responsible."
by Mark Steil

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New database targets federal farm conservation spending

New database targets federal farm conservation spending

The Environmental Working Group says it took seven years and 28 Freedom of Information requests to get the data.
by Dan Gunderson

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Protests disrupt pipelines across the West

Protests disrupt pipelines across the West

On Tuesday, activists targeted five pipelines carrying crude oil into the U.S. from Canada, as construction resumed on a North Dakota pipeline. Twenty-seven protesters were arrested.
by Rebecca Hersher

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More hunting dogs killed by wolves during bear season

More hunting dogs killed by wolves during bear season

Wisconsin's growing wolf population and increased hunting activity may have contributed to a significant increase in the number of hunting dogs killed by wolves during the bear hunting season, according to the state Department of Natural Resources.
by Associated Press

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Enbridge resumes use of 2 MN pipelines targeted by protesters

Enbridge resumes use of 2 MN pipelines targeted by protesters

Protesters with a group called Climate Direct Action targeted five pipelines carrying heavy crude from Canada's oil sands region, including two in northern Minnesota, "to avert climate catastrophe."
by Dan Kraker

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