Environmental News

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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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Climate Cast

Listen to Climate Cast, the MPR News podcast all about our changing climate and its impact in Minnesota and worldwide.

The Keystone XL Pipeline: An International Town Hall
From America Abroad, a cross-border town hall featuring a host from the CBC in Canada and a host from PBS in America... and guests who explore the controversial issues involved in the Keystone XL Pipeline project: The economic costs and benefits of oil sands, and the environmental and property rights concerns.
Nicole Davros of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources joins The Daily Circuit to preview the season, which runs through Jan. 4.
The expensive delicacy comes from mostly remote pine forests where they are harvested once a year from pine cones.
DNR chief: Expect PolyMet environmental review by early spring
Commissioner Tom Landwehr called it a frustrating process but said officials were working as fast as possible to get the review 'out the door.'
Engineers try to match water levels of three reservoir lakes along the U.S.-Canada border to those of natural lakes in the region.
Climate One series: Resource Revolution
Part 1: Technology Innovation: Empowering America's economy in a hot and crowded world. Part 2: The Science of Climate Disruption: Two of the nation's top scientists discuss the latest science on the cause and effect of global warming on extreme weather events, and whether we might expect more such events.