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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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Obama: 'We will do more' to curb climate change

Obama: 'We will do more' to curb climate change

Obama's senior energy and climate adviser, Heather Zichal, said the Environmental Protection Agency was preparing to use its authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate heat-trapping pollution from coal-fired power plants.

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Isle Royale researchers debate intervention to help wolf population

Isle Royale researchers debate intervention to help wolf population

With the Isle Royale wolf population down to eight individuals, the National Park Service faces a thorny set of choices to either intervene or let nature take its course. A panel of experts will debate the options and explore possible consequences.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Obama making plans to tackle global warming

resident Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term.

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2nd rabid skunk found in St. Cloud

St. Cloud health officials confirm a second skunk with rabies has been found in the city.

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Selectively targeting aerosol pollutants could reduce climate change

Selectively targeting aerosol pollutants could reduce climate change

A study released last week concludes that if every country were to do what California has done in the last couple of decades to clean up diesel emissions, it would slow down global warming by 15 percent.

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BURN: An Energy Journal--The Switch

BURN: An Energy Journal--The Switch

Alex Chadwick hosts a special report about the nation's electric distribution grid -- how it works, its history, and innovations to meet the challenge of linking new sources of energy like wind and solar to the electric grid.

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2012 floods devastated NE Minnesota's environment; sustainable solutions planned

2012 floods devastated NE Minnesota's environment; sustainable solutions planned

The widespread flooding that hit northeastern Minnesota one year ago wiped away roads and bridges and damaged schools, businesses and homes. But the deluge also significantly damaged the environment, and Duluth is working with the Minnesota DNR to repair the damage in environmentally-sustainable ways.
by Conrad Wilson

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Flood-ravaged Duluth, northeast Minnesota, still recovering a year later

Flood-ravaged Duluth, northeast Minnesota, still recovering a year later

A year ago today, 24 hours of torrential rain unleashed epic floods that tore apart homes, schools, streets, parks and communities across Duluth and northeast Minnesota. In the first of a series if reports, we assess the overall damage, and the repair work that's still taking place.
by Dan Kraker

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Wis. DNR wants to increase wolf hunt limits

Wis. DNR wants to increase wolf hunt limits

Hunters and trappers would be allowed to kill dozens more wolves during Wisconsin's second wolf hunt this fall, under new quotas released Tuesday by state wildlife officials.

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Fighting global climate change at the local level

Minneapolis leaders are working on a sustainable energy plan for the city.

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