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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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Conservation group wants the Blanding's turtle placed on the Endangered Species List

Minnesota and Nebraska are the only states that have sizable populations of Blanding's turtles. The medium- to large-sized turtles, which have striking yellow throats, live long lives but are vulnerable.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Guideline or law? Confusion over frac sand mining standards

Guideline or law? Confusion over frac sand mining standards

State officials want public input on frac sand mining guidelines now in their final stages. But opponents of the practice have not given up hope for an outright ban.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Some efforts against aquatic invasives switch from prevention to cure

Some efforts against aquatic invasives switch from prevention to cure

Frustrated by the state Department of Natural Resource's lack of progress in combating invasive species, some local governments and lake associations are changing their focus from prevention to cure.
by Dan Gunderson

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Ely highway reroute bogged down by safety, environmental concerns

Ely highway reroute bogged down by safety, environmental concerns

A long-awaited highway safety project by the Minnesota Department of Transportation to improve Highway 169 could make the road safer for drivers. But progress has been slowed by concerns over potential water pollution.
by Dan Kraker

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Environmental advocates don't want Hennepin County to burn more trash

The Hennepin Energy Recovery Center is seeking a 20 percent increase in the amount of trash it can burn each day. But environmentalists say the city should reject the proposal because the incinerator already emits pollutants that can be harmful to people's health.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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New Era Wind will no longer pursue wind farm in Goodhue County

New Era Wind wrote to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission asking officials to terminate all pending matters in the case because the company does not intend to build the wind farm. The letter, which the PUC posted on Tuesday, caps a five-year fight a group of local residents have waged against the project.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Study: Few Asian carp needed to establish foothold

Canadian scientists say a small number of Asian carp might be enough to establish a population in the Great Lakes, where they would pose serious threats to other fish and the region's economy.

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Debate revs as decision stalls over oil pipeline from Canada

Politicians in Washington and Canada are ramping up pressure for the Keystone pipeline project while environmentalists are pushing hard against it.

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How acid rain is changing waterways

Something peculiar is happening to rivers and streams in large parts of the United States -- the water's chemistry is changing. Scientists have found dozens of waterways that are becoming more alkaline. Alkaline is the opposite of acidic -- think baking soda or Rolaids.

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Mount McKinley's gotten shorter again

It's still said to be the tallest peak in North America, but for the second time in recent decades, Mount McKinley, also known as Denali, has been shortened.

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