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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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DNR collaring moose calves to study, protect species

DNR collaring moose calves to study, protect species

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has started the second phase of its ambitious study to determine why the state's moose population is declining so rapidly. Last week, they began collaring newborn moose calves.
by Dan Kraker

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Students around the world share science challenge

Students around the world share science challenge

International students often believe Americans have unlimited resources. North Dakota State University Assistant Professor Achintya Bezbaruah, who is leading middle and high school students in clean water projects, said students from around the world are surprised to learn students in the United States face economic constraints.
by Dan Gunderson

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Report card: Great Lakes still have big problems

Report card: Great Lakes still have big problems

A decades-old effort to nurse the battered Great Lakes to health has made progress toward reducing toxic pollution and slamming the door on invasive species, but the freshwater seas continue to face serious threats, a U.S.-Canadian agency said Tuesday.

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Fighting eagles crash land on Duluth airport runway

Fighting eagles crash land on Duluth airport runway

Two bald eagles locked together by their talons in a midair battle survived a crash landing onto a runway at a northeastern Minnesota airport.

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Remembering ornithologist Thomas Sadler Roberts: Minnesota Sounds and Voices

Remembering ornithologist Thomas Sadler Roberts: Minnesota Sounds and Voices

Along with spring, migratory birds are back. More than a century ago, their seasonal arrival was the object of intense interest by one of the state's most important ornithologists, Thomas Sadler Roberts.
by Dan Olson

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Living a low-carbon lifestyle

Living a low-carbon lifestyle

From the Commonwealth Club's Climate One series, six experts discuss the best ways individuals can save energy and reduce their carbon footprint. The myths and realities of being a "green" consumer.

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Cocaine, DEET, other chemicals found in Minnesota lakes

Cocaine, DEET, other chemicals found in Minnesota lakes

The largest study of its kind ever done in Minnesota shows chemicals from household products, prescription drugs and illegal drugs are common in Minnesota lakes.
by Dan Gunderson

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Solar power bills to conference committee

The Senate version requires large utility companies to generate 1 percent of power from the sun by 2025. The House version requires 4 percent, in addition to the 25 percent renewable energy requirement passed in 2007.

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