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MPR News is your source for environment news from Minnesota and across the country.

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 One: The fracking bonanza across the country

Climate One: The fracking bonanza across the country

From the Climate One series at the Commonwealth Club of California, experts discuss the economics, science and politics of hydraulic fracturing, the newest procedure for extracting domestic oil and natural gas. What is happening to supply, prices, and the environment...and what are the complicated tradeoffs?

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North Dakota oil creates economic opportunities, but at a cost

North Dakota oil creates economic opportunities, but at a cost

The Bakken oil patch has brought prosperity to the state, but concerns about the environmental effects and the safety of transporting the crude has prompted calls for a slowdown.
by Todd Melby

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Round 2: PolyMet mine hearing tonight in Aurora

There has been strong local support for PolyMet. Labor unions are interested in the construction and mining jobs the company would bring to the area, and local officials are excited about the potential for an economic boost.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Rising groundwater demand in Bonanza Valley prompts new state approach

Rising groundwater demand in Bonanza Valley prompts new state approach

Groundwater demand in an area of central Minnesota has increased by 175 percent in the past 25 years — five times as much as the state average, according to the Department of Natural Resources. That’s a big reason the Bonanza Valley, an area that stretches from southern Douglas County to Paynesville in Stearns County, is Read more →
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Silicon Valley sees shortage of EV charge stations

Silicon Valley sees shortage of EV charge stations

Installation of electric vehicle charging ports at some companies has not kept pace with soaring demand, creating thorny etiquette issues in the workplace.

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Composting in Minnesota could heat up under proposed rule change

Composting in Minnesota could heat up under proposed rule change

Although about 40 percent of the garbage Minnesotans throw away is organic and compostable, the state captures only about 4 percent of the waste through organics recycling.
by Elizabeth Baier

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PolyMet mine hearing in Duluth draws large, passionate crowd

PolyMet mine hearing in Duluth draws large, passionate crowd

The first public hearing on what could be Minnesota's first copper-nickel mine drew some 1,300 people to Duluth on Thursday to rally for jobs, ask questions and poke holes in the 2,200-page environmental study that must pass muster before the project can go forward.
by Elizabeth Dunbar and Dan Kraker

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Live: Public hearing on PolyMet mine proposal

Live: Public hearing on PolyMet mine proposal

Minnesota is potentially on the brink of a copper mining boom. Tonight in Duluth is the first of a series of public hearings on a proposed copper-nickel mine in Hoyt Lakes. Follow updates from MPR News and Duluth News Tribune reporters.

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EPA: Mining poses risks to Alaska salmon

EPA: Mining poses risks to Alaska salmon

A government report indicates a large-scale copper and gold mine in Alaska's Bristol Bay region could have devastating effects on the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery and adversely affect Alaska Natives, whose culture is built around salmon.
by The Associated Press

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