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Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

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40 percent of world's cropland in or near cities

40 percent of world's cropland in or near cities

A study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters finds that somewhere around 1.1 billion acres is being cultivated for food in or within about 12 miles of cities.
by Eliza Barclay

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House, Senate to vote on Keystone pipeline

The House is virtually certain to approve the bill on Thursday. Sen. Mary Landrieu says she has the votes to pass it in the Senate next Tuesday. That would leave the fate of the bill up to President Barack Obama.
by The Associated Press

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Lawsuit: US allowing more tar sands oil through Minn. without review

Lawsuit: US allowing more tar sands oil through Minn. without review

The Sierra Club and several other groups say the State Department should not allow Enbridge Energy to operate a crude oil pipeline without first completing an environmental impact study.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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China and US, titans of carbon pollution, move to cut gases

China and US, titans of carbon pollution, move to cut gases

China and the U.S. account for more than a third of greenhouse gases -- making it vital that any broad climate plans include the pair.

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Obama on climate agreement with China: Ambitious, but achievable

"Ambitious" but "achievable" is how President Barack Obama described a breakthrough climate agreement with China, announced Wednesday at the APEC conference in Beijing.
by John Abraham

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How animals hacked the rainbow and got stumped on blue

How animals hacked the rainbow and got stumped on blue

A lesson in nature. There's more than one way to make color. And, more than one way to use it to your advantage.
by Rae Ellen Bichell

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Why Caribbean divers are eager to kill the beautiful lionfish

Why Caribbean divers are eager to kill the beautiful lionfish

The venomous, invasive fish is destroying Atlantic coral reefs. On the island of Bonaire, near Venezuela, divers are taking matters into their own hands.
by Sean Carberry

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Minn. communities look for ways to adapt to climate change

Minn. communities look for ways to adapt to climate change

Government official and academics come together at a conference Thursday to discuss ways to adapt to climate change.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Falling oil prices make fracking less lucrative

Falling oil prices make fracking less lucrative

"What is really interesting for the U.S. drillers and producers is how long they are going to continue the high activity levels that they have, now that prices are going down," one analyst says.
by Jeff Brady

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