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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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Bill McKibben and J. Drake Hamilton on climate change

Bill McKibben and J. Drake Hamilton on climate change

Bill McKibben, environmental journalist and founder of 350.org and J. Drake Hamilton of Fresh Energy, speaking Feb. 20, 2013 at the University of St. Thomas on "Celebrating and Preserving Winter: Responding to Climate Change in Minnesota and Wisconsin."

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Air pollution alert issued for Twin Cities, Rochester

Air pollution alert issued for Twin Cities, Rochester

Fine particle pollution in the air across southern Minnesota is causing unhealthy breathing conditions for children, the elderly and people with respiratory diseases.
by Lorna Benson

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LIVE CHAT: Frac sand mining in Minn.

LIVE CHAT: Frac sand mining in Minn.

As the mining of frac sand in Minnesota is debated at the state Capitol MPR News is hosting an online chat that looks at silica sand mining in the upper Midwest.

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Wisconsin budget panel approves mining bill

Republicans closed in on victory Monday in their fight to lure a giant iron mine to northwestern Wisconsin, pushing a bill that would overhaul the state's mining regulations through the Legislature's budget committee and setting up final votes in the coming days.

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Is a new wolf sanctuary the answer for Minn. preservation?

Is a new wolf sanctuary the answer for Minn. preservation?

The International Wolf Center in Ely, Minn. is suggesting a new wolf sanctuary as a middle ground for preserving the wolf population and survival.

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Minn. Legislature considering 5-year moratorium on wolf hunt

Minn. Legislature considering 5-year moratorium on wolf hunt

A new bill has been introduced in the Minnesota Legislature calling for a five-year moratorium on wolf hunting and trapping. We'll look at both sides of the issue.

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Reduced Lake Mille Lacs walleye management input sought

The annual meeting between Natural Resources officials and the Mille Lacs Fishery Input Group comes a month after the DNR announced the need to cut this year's harvest in half.
by Conrad Wilson

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The Daily Digest (Wage debate, budget cut hate; on frac sand, study and wait?)

Lawmakers today will talk over a plan to hike Minnesota's minimum wage. Work to create a Minnesota health insurance exchange grinds its way through the Legislature with a hearing in the House Ways and Means committee.
by Paul Tosto

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Will Obama approve the Keystone oil pipeline?

Will Obama approve the Keystone oil pipeline?

As the Obama administration considers approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline project, it's up against pressure from environmental groups and creating a rift with Canada.

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