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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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The future of the Mississippi River

The future of the Mississippi River

John Anfinson, the new superintendent of the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, joins The Daily Circuit to talk about the future of the Mississippi River.

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Groups to EPA: Stop muzzling science advisers

In a letter Tuesday, groups representing journalists and scientists urged the EPA to allow advisory board members to talk directly to news reporters, Congress and other outside groups without first asking for permission from EPA officials.
by The Associated Press

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Wild rice takes a hit after stormy spring

Wild rice takes a hit after stormy spring

In general, lakes from Bemidji to the Canadian border will yield only a quarter of the wild rice they did last year.
by John Enger

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Milwaukee finds a fix for stormwater overflows: Abandoned basements

Milwaukee finds a fix for stormwater overflows: Abandoned basements

Essentially, the basements will be used to immediately take the pressure off the sewage system by diverting and holding street and roof water "runoff" until the storm is over.
by Lorena O'Neil

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The latest on proposed oil pipeline in northern Minnesota

State regulators will decide Thursday whether to consider alternatives to the proposed oil pipeline in northern Minnesota.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Fond du Lac Band wants EPA to impose tougher air quality rules

If the EPA approves the request, the band will become only the sixth tribe nationwide to achieve the status, Fond du Lac Air Program Coordinator Alex Jackson said.
by Dan Kraker

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State agencies, citizens ask for alternatives to Enbridge Sandpiper route

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has said other routes as well as alternatives to the project should be considered, and MPCA officials disagree with the state Department of Commerce on how the route question should be handled.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Aspen Ideas Festival: Solving the Carbon Problem Together

Aspen Ideas Festival: Solving the Carbon Problem Together

Roger Sant says our carbon pollution problem can be solved with proper regulations and market incentives, and we need to make sure it's not FREE to pollute. Hear some history of our successes and failures in addressing energy and pollution problems. Roger Sant says energy conservation was considered almost anti-American in the 70's, but we learned back then, and since, that our country's biggest energy and pollution problems can only be solved with tenacity.

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U of M flushes toilets with rainwater

New student housing at the University of Minnesota includes a system for collecting stormwater from the roof and using it to flush the toilets for 600 students.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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