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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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Cargill exec, ex-U.S. Treasury chief warn of climate change risks

Extreme heat events caused by climate change could transform the Midwest's economy, a Cargill executive and a former treasury secretary told a Minneapolis business crowd on Friday.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Will BP oil spill change how companies drill?

Will BP oil spill change how companies drill?

As the trial gets underway this week, we look at how oil companies think about future drilling, fracking and mining.

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This lock helped build Minneapolis. Now it's closing.

This lock helped build Minneapolis. Now it's closing.

The Upper St. Anthony Falls lock, which began passing ships up and down the Mississippi River in 1963, will close in June.
by MPR News Staff

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Planned solar farm in southwest MN draws fire from residents

Planned solar farm in southwest MN draws fire from residents

The Marshall project, a 500-acre solar panel complex, is part of a state push to generate more electricity. But area residents say it is too much for a rural setting.
by Mark Steil

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Traces of oil found in Montana town's water supply after spill

Traces of oil found in Montana town's water supply after spill

It comes days after up to 50,000 gallons of oil spilled from a break in a pipeline along the Yellowstone River. Saturday's spill is the second in the river since 2011.
by Krishnadev Calamur

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New Justice Dept. environment chief takes helm of Gulf spill case

New Justice Dept. environment chief takes helm of Gulf spill case

John Cruden returns to the department as litigation over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill intensifies. He'll also defend Obama climate change rules and try to protect wildlife while in the post.

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Stressed bat species could threaten MN pipeline

Stressed bat species could threaten MN pipeline

Pipeline company Enbridge hopes research can head off a possible obstacle to the construction of the Sandpiper pipeline.
by John Enger

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Dayton proposes legislative action on waterway buffers

The proposal is likely to draw opposition from farmers and other affected landowners in southern Minnesota.

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Minnesota to get $9M for agricultural water quality program

The program encourages farmers to adopt voluntary clean water practices. Those who get certified are assured that regulations won't change on them for 10 years.
by The Associated Press

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