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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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Rethinking a company town: International Falls tries to forge new future

Rethinking a company town: International Falls tries to forge new future

Last year, this iconic border town lost nearly 300 good-paying paper mill jobs. The shock has subsided and tears have dried, but the work of rethinking what this company town might become is just beginning.
by Tom Weber, Jennifer Vogel and Dave Peters

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Report warns of climate threat to Minn. big game

Conservationists warn that climate change threatens big game animals that call Minnesota home -- from moose to deer to bears.

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Environmental review requested in Minntac expansion

Environmental advocates Thursday asked a court to order a full environmental review of plans to expand Minnesota's largest taconite mine.
by Dan Kraker

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Legacy council members criticize invasive species plan

Legacy council members criticize invasive species plan

The council that recommends how the state should spend Legacy Fund money on the outdoors is criticizing an invasive species project for being too vague and possibly violating the intent of the constitutional amendment.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Fight against invasive species pits state against lake property owners

Fight against invasive species pits state against lake property owners

The state's strategy to slow the spread of aquatic invasive species was caught up in controversy when a conservation group charged with allocating Legacy Funds replaced a proposal by another group with one of its own.
by Dan Gunderson

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Arguments involving Minntac mine expansion in court Thursday

The Minnesota Court of Appeals hears arguments Thursday in a case involving the proposed expansion of the state's largest taconite mine.
by Dan Kraker

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State wants to test 200 homes for potentially hazardous vapor

State wants to test 200 homes for potentially hazardous vapor

State officials told residents of the Como neighborhood in Minneapolis that they want to test 200 homes to see if vapors caused by a nearby General Mills Superfund site have breached the houses.
by Lorna Benson

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Minn. wolf hunt: More than 40 killed so far

Hunters killed more than 40 wolves in northern Minnesota during the first weekend of the wolf season, Department of Natural Resources data show.
by Mark Steil

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State regulators, activists discuss Sherco power plant's future

State regulators, activists discuss Sherco power plant's future

Carbon dioxide emissions from Xcel Energy's Sherburne County Generating Station, which puts out enough electricity to serve more than 2 million homes and businesses, raise concerns about climate change.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Sierra Club takes on Minnesota coal-fired power plants

"When we're talking about moving beyond coal, we're not just talking about transitioning our energy economy, this is very personal for young people," organizer Alexis Boxer said.

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