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.

An in-depth look at the impact climate change has on how Minnesotans live, work and play.
Falcon Heights is one of more than 90 cities across the state that are part of the Minnesota Pollution Control's GreenStep Cities program.
What climate change looks like in backyards across Minnesota
Minnesotans share what types of climate-related changes they are seeing in their backyards.
Minnesota's efforts to fight climate change lose steam
Eight years ago, Minnesota leaders were out front in calling for more renewable energy and trying to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. Lately, that push has faltered.
MPR Special report: Climate Change in Minnesota
This week we've been airing a series of special reports on climate change in Minnesota. All this week, we've shown how climate change is touching every corner of Minnesota and how many of us are adapting. This hour you'll hear many of these reports. Minnesota today is seeing the effects of a warming climate, this based on facts, research and more than a century of data.
DNR uses new water regulations to stall deforestation
DNR officials will assess the effect of operations by North Dakota-based R.D. Offutt, the nation's largest potato grower, on forest groundwater in northern Minnesota.
How climate change affects health in Minnesota
On a special edition of Climate Cast this week, Kerri Miller and Paul Huttner discuss the connection between climate change and our health.
More carbon, more misery for allergy sufferers
Allergy sufferers feel the effects of climate change, getting a double whammy from the mechanism that's making Minnesota warmer and wetter.
Henry Paulson and Greg Page on the business risks of climate change
Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is co-chairman of "The Risky Business Project," which is assessing the business risks of global climate change. He came to Minnesota on Jan. 23 to release the Midwest edition of the "Risky Business" report at the Economic Club of Minnesota. The retired chairman and CEO of General Mills, Steve Sanger, moderated the event at the Economic Club and Cargill's executive chairman Greg Page was a featured speaker.