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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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Squeezed by drought, California farmers switch to less thirsty crops

Squeezed by drought, California farmers switch to less thirsty crops

Water scarcity is leading farmers away from planting staples and towards planting higher-value, lower-water specialty crops. Think wine grapes and pomegranates instead of citrus and avocados.
by Lesley McClurg

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U study: Emissions from fertilizing crops underestimated

Fertilizing crops emits a potent greenhouse gas, and a new University of Minnesota study shows officials have been underestimating those emissions by as much as 40 percent.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Zebra mussels found in Becker County's Big Cormorant Lake

State officials say while the numbers are low, the zebra mussels aren't concentrated in one place so treatment isn't an option at the popular northwest Minnesota lake.
by MPR News Staff

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Planning for the future of Isle Royale

Planning for the future of Isle Royale

A dwindling wolf population, an exploding moose population and a new planning process from the National Park system set the stage for the fate of Isle Royale.

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Aspen Ideas Festival: 'How Nature Can Save Us'

Aspen Ideas Festival: 'How Nature Can Save Us'

M. Sanjayan is senior scientist at Conservation International and host of the acclaimed PBS series, "Earth: A New Wild." Sanjayn says preserving natural resources like forests and oceans can help the humans just as much as the other animals.

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Beneath Alaskan wildfires, a hidden threat: Long-frozen carbon's thaw

Beneath Alaskan wildfires, a hidden threat: Long-frozen carbon's thaw

As millions of acres of forests burn across the state this summer, there's growing concern about what impact that might have on permafrost -- and how melting permafrost might affect climate change.
by Nathan Rott

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Minnesota rain gardens go big to fight pollution, reuse water

Minnesota rain gardens go big to fight pollution, reuse water

Minnesota cities use rain gardens and other "green infrastructure" to keep stormwater from polluting lakes and rivers. Inver Grove Heights is putting that science to use on a massive scale.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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USDA: Bird flu transmission path remains unclear

USDA: Bird flu transmission path remains unclear

The studies say farm equipment and people likely played a role in spreading the deadly virus on commercial farms. Starlings, sparrows and other wild birds could have contributed, as well.
by Lorna Benson

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House to states: Don't you dare demand GMO labels

House to states: Don't you dare demand GMO labels

Opponents of GMO labeling, including some of the biggest food manufacturers, have turned to Congress, and this week they achieved their first notable success.
by Juana Summers

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Summertime birds in Minnesota

Summertime birds in Minnesota

It's a good time to pay attention to the birds around us. Hummingbirds, baby birds, even the first tropical kingbird ever recorded in Minnesota.
by Sharon Stiteler

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