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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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As climate changes, cities grapple with big rains

As climate changes, cities grapple with big rains

Bigger storms are making culverts and other infrastructure inadequate, as Duluth learned in June 2012. Now, cities are taking steps to deal with more rain.
by Dan Kraker

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Minnesota Sands to reboot silica mining plans in SE Minn.

The company, based in Houston, Minn., is moving into the first phase of an environmental impact statement for a silica sand mining operation in the region.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Tips to reduce your carbon footprint

Tips to reduce your carbon footprint

Madalyn Cioci, from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and Colin Beavan, otherwise known as "No Impact Man," join The Daily Circuit to offer tips.

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Adjusting crops one way to adapt to climate change

The addition of native prairie plants and cover crops like winter rye can make farm fields more resilient to the effects of climate change.

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DNR pushes ahead with its groundwater planning

DNR pushes ahead with its groundwater planning

The DNR's new approach makes it clear the agency retains ultimate authority over groundwater pumping but promises that stakeholders will get all the information they need.
by Dave Peters

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Farmers adapt to big rains but send trouble downstream

Farmers adapt to big rains but send trouble downstream

Confronting more frequent heavy rains, the state's farmers have extended farmland drainage. Higher crop yields is one result. Another: More dirty water is flowing downstream.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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State tests railroads' ability to respond to oil spills

State tests railroads' ability to respond to oil spills

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency asked the four major railroads operating in the state to respond to take-home drills that test their disaster preparedness.
by Dan Gunderson

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What climate change means for Minnesota moose

What climate change means for Minnesota moose

Northeastern Minnesota has lost half its moose population in less than 10 years. Researchers don't know exactly why, but they believe climate change is likely part of the reason.

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A forest dilemma: What will grow in a changing climate?

A forest dilemma: What will grow in a changing climate?

Managers of Minnesota's forests know their world is changing. But they disagree on how urgently new species should be introduced and how far they should be moved.
by Dan Kraker

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