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Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

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Planners: Shallow tunnels are best option for SW light rail in Minneapolis' Kenilworth

Planners: Shallow tunnels are best option for SW light rail in Minneapolis' Kenilworth

Light rail planners with the Metropolitan Council are recommending keeping freight trains in the narrow Kenilworth corridor in Minneapolis and burying trains in shallow tunnels as part of the Southwest light rail route.
by Laura Yuen

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Kansas fires bring air pollution alert for SW Minn.

Kansas fires bring air pollution alert for SW Minn.

Gusty winds have carried smoke from Kansas wildfires into Minnesota and the fine particles from the smoke are at a level that state officials consider unhealthy for sensitive groups such as children and the elderly.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Should Minnesota try to attract more water-intensive companies?

Should Minnesota try to attract more water-intensive companies?

“Charles Fishman thinks Minnesota should sell its water. No, not the way that you might be thinking, in a pipeline from Lake Superior to someplace in the desert like Las Vegas. But as an asset, to water-intensive industries like microchip makers, and on one big condition – that they give the water back in the…
by Michael Olson

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U.N. report raises climate change warning, points to opportunities

U.N. report raises climate change warning, points to opportunities

In many ways the world is "ill-prepared" for the dangers, scientists say in a new report. They warn that people in all parts of the globe are already affected. Rapid action is needed, they say.
by Mark Memmott

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Twin Metals copper-nickel mine plans firming up

Twin Metals Minnesota says the mining projects it's planning would keep the company in business for more than a century.
by The Associated Press

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NRC to hold public meeting on Monticello safety

Officials from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a public meeting Monday night to discuss its latest safety review for Xcel Energy's nuclear power plant in Monticello.
by The Associated Press

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Minn. regulators make way for state's biggest solar project

Minn. regulators make way for state's biggest solar project

The Geronimo Energy Aurora project, which will be built on 20 different sites throughout the state next to Xcel substations, will give the state about eight times the solar energy output currently produced.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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A look at our changing climate

A look at our changing climate

Every Thursday, MPR meteorologist Paul Huttner joins The Daily Circuit to talk about the latest research on our changing climate and the consequences we're seeing here in Minnesota and worldwide.

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