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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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MPCA issues air pollution alert, advisory

The agency says a strong temperature inversion, snow melt and fog are trapping fine-particle pollution near the surface, causing unhealthy levels for sensitive groups.

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State to begin feeding deer during harsh winter

State to begin feeding deer during harsh winter

For the first time in 17 years, the state of Minnesota will begin emergency feeding of deer in some parts of northern Minnesota today. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Mark Johnson, who's organizing the feeding effort. He is executive director of the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association.

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Milder temps moving in, Great Lakes ice cover nears record

Milder temps moving in, Great Lakes ice cover nears record

Today’s southerly breezes feel chilly, but eventually blow in milder air this afternoon. It’s the first step in a warming trend that kicks in the next several days.
by Paul Huttner

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Obama's budget: An agency-by-agency glance

Obama's budget: An agency-by-agency glance

From Agriculture to Veterans affairs, here's a top-level breakdown on where the Obama Administration says it would like to place its budget priorities for FY 2015.
by The Associated Press

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Obama budget seeks cuts in Great Lakes program

The president's proposed 2015 budget released Tuesday requests $275 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which he established after taking office.
by John Flesher, Associated Press

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Sunken Great Lakes oil pipeline raises spill fears

Sunken Great Lakes oil pipeline raises spill fears

The Straits of Mackinac is drawing attention for something that is out of sight and usually out of mind, and which some consider a symbol of the dangers lurking in the nation's sprawling web of buried oil and natural gas pipelines.
by John Flesher, Associated Press

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DNR names agency veteran to run Minnesota parks and trails

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources veteran Erika Rivers will take over the DNR's Parks and Trails Division when its current director, Courtland Nelson, retires in April.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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This nitrate chart looks worrisome. Is it?

This nitrate chart looks worrisome. Is it?

A rising percentage of new wells in Minnesota hit nitrate-contaminated water. It needs to be watched.
by Dave Peters

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