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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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Study: Wind farms killed 67 eagles in 5 years

The research represents one of the first tallies of eagle deaths attributed to the nation's growing wind energy industry.

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Monarch butterflies migrating through Minn. despite population decline

Monarch butterflies migrating through Minn. despite population decline

Karen Oberhauser, professor of conservation biology at the University of Minnesota joins The Daily Circuit to discuss how this year's migration is offering clues to explain the declining population.

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5 x 10: Has global warming ‘paused?’ Probably not

5 x 10: Has global warming ‘paused?’ Probably not

What does Arctic ice tell us, shopping Moorhead and Moorhead only, trading your adopted child, teaching our kids to be criminals, and ballooning the St. Croix Valley.
by Bob Collins

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Scientists help farmers create greener dairies

A slew of studies have been started to determine how dairy farms can reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. They will look at what animals eat, how their waste is handled and the effects on soil, water and air.

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Fertilizer by-product an unhealthy, expensive risk to water quality

Fertilizer by-product an unhealthy, expensive risk to water quality

Fertilizer use in farming is so prevalent that at least two dozen Minnesota communities have unhealthy levels of its by-products in their drinking water supplies. Crop researchers say there is a proven solution: perennial crops which absorb nitrates. But not many farmers have adopted the method.
by Mark Steil

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Court: Environmental reviews not needed to award mining exploration leases

A panel of the Minnesota Court of Appeals today agreed that the environmental review requirement for mineral exploration is only triggered when a specific project is proposed, and not when leases are awarded.
by Dan Kraker

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Pheasant number down by 29% this year

Researchers say a long winter and cold, wet spring probably are to blame. They also worry that habitat loss will keep pheasant numbers down.
by Mark Steil

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Wisconsin's Barrett, Baldwin decry Great Lakes funding cuts

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin on Monday criticized proposed cuts in the U.S. House for Great Lakes funding, saying a Republican plan to reduce spending would harm clean water programs.

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DNR predicts brilliant Minnesota fall color season

DNR predicts brilliant Minnesota fall color season

With adequate rain earlier this season, all that's needed is a combination of sunny days and cool nights in the weeks ahead to bring out the fall colors.

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Panel to oversee parks spending in greater Minn.

A new state commission will recommend how lawmakers should spend parks and trails money outside of the Twin Cities metro area.

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