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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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Top climate scientists: Nuclear power needed to slow warming

Top climate scientists: Nuclear power needed to slow warming

Four scientists who have played a key role in alerting the public to the dangers of climate change sent letters Sunday to leading environmental groups and politicians around the world to support the development of safer nuclear power as one way to cut fossil fuel pollution.

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Wisconsin school district boosts frac sand air filters

West-central Wisconsin is a hot spot for sand mining and residents have expressed environmental and health concerns about the tiny sand particles generated by mining.

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State wants to contain potato pesticide drift

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is trying to reduce the drifting of pesticides from potato fields to nearby homes and schools.
by Dan Gunderson

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Fond du Lac band's Diver named to White House climate panel

Karen Diver of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is the only Minnesotan on the task force, and the only tribal representative from the lower 48 states.
by Tom Crann and Dan Kraker

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Interior Secretary Sally Jewell worries that young people are disconnected from natural world

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell worries that young people are disconnected from natural world

In an October 31 National Press Club appearance, new Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said our care for national parks, public lands and waters defines who we are as a nation, and she is worried that the next generation is more disconnected from the natural world than ever. Secretary Jewell said Interior "will always take the long view, even when our budgets don't."

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Feds: Lightning may be cause of ND oil spill

Feds: Lightning may be cause of ND oil spill

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration said Thursday that a preliminary investigation "points to a strong electrical discharge as the cause of the failure."

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Mahtomedi frac sand mining forum draws hundreds over concerns

Mahtomedi frac sand mining forum draws hundreds over concerns

There was consensus that Wisconsin's experience, where many mines have clashed with local communities and in some cases have violated environmental laws, should not be repeated.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Officials want more spending to fight invasive species

Officials want more spending to fight invasive species

Vigilance is crucial in fighting invasive zebra mussels. The tougher question of who should pay for that vigilance is up for debate. Officials and private groups in Becker County want the state to spend more, but they aren't waiting for that to happen.
by Dan Gunderson

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Forum to discuss possible frac sand mining in Washington County

Washington County has one site where silica sand is being mined. But forum organizers say the oil drilling in North Dakota is expected to continue for decades, and more sand will be needed for the process known as hydraulic fracturing.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Asian carp successfully reproducing in Great Lakes watershed

An analysis of four grass carp captured last year in Ohio's Sandusky River, a tributary of Lake Erie, found they had spent their entire lives there and were not introduced through means such as stocking, according to researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey and Bowling Green State University.

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