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MPR News is your source for environment news from Minnesota and across the country.

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's climate change plan: Is it enough?

Obama's climate change plan: Is it enough?

During his press conference last week, President Barack Obama affirmed his belief that climate change is real and something needs to be done to address it. What would a short-term solution look like, and is it enough to address the issue?

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Hunters kill more wolves than expected as first phase of season ends

Hunters kill more wolves than expected as first phase of season ends

There are 147 fewer wolves in northern Minnesota forests today. That's the final tally for the early wolf hunting season that ended Sunday. Hunters and trappers will get another chance when the second part of the season begins on Saturday.
by Tom Robertson

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Environmental group criticizes Poplar River project

Projects are under way to reduce sedimentation in the Poplar River on Minnesota's North Shore. But they're not doing an adequate job, according to an environmental group.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Stalled bill tops agenda at farmers convention

Members of the Minnesota Farmers Union are planning a strategy to try to persuade the lame-duck Congress to pass the stalled farm bill. The Minnesota farmers are meeting this weekend at their 71st annual convention.
by Rupa Shenoy

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Minn. hopes to bolster wetland protection

A new report offers recommendations designed to strengthen wetland protection efforts in Minnesota.
by Dan Gunderson

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15 senators urge action on Mississippi waterway

15 senators urge action on Mississippi waterway

Fifteen senators from eight Mississippi River states are urging the Army Corps of Engineers to take steps to keep barges moving on the Mississippi.

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DNR warns of invasive snails in Minn. lakes

DNR officials say Bowstring Lake in northern Itasca County is the latest Minnesota lake discovered to be invaded by faucet snails.
by Tom Robertson

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BP to pay $4.5 billion in oil spill settlement

BP to pay $4.5 billion in oil spill settlement

BP said Thursday that it will pay $4.5 billion in a settlement with the U.S. government over the disastrous 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and plead guilty to criminal charges related to the deaths of 11 workers and lying to Congress.

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Volunteers sought for advisory group on cleanup sites

The federal Environmental Protection Agency is asking for volunteers to participate in a Community Advisory Group on the superfund sites in the northern Twin Cities suburb of Fridley.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Wolf license deadline near, DNR reminds

The Department of Natural Resources is reminding hunters and trappers who were selected by lottery for Minnesota's late wolf hunting season to buy their licenses by Thursday or they'll be sold to others.

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