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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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Feds, 5 states to push for Great Lakes wind farms

Feds, 5 states to push for Great Lakes wind farms

Supporters describe the lakes' winds as a vast, untapped source of clean energy and economic growth. Critics say they would ruin spectacular vistas, lower shoreline property values and harm birds and fish.

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Maple syrup producers experience worst year in memory

Maple syrup producers experience worst year in memory

There are some wonderful things about our early spring. But it hasn't been good for everybody -- especially not Minnesota's maple syrup producers.
by Curtis Gilbert

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High farm prices pressure conservation

High prices for corn and soybeans are expected to prompt farmers to shift a lot of conservation land to crop production over the next five years in Minnesota.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Emerald ash borer traps deployed

Emerald ash borer traps deployed

Traps will start going up next week to try to slow the spread of the emerald ash borer.
by Conrad Wilson

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Department of Health looking into reports of cancer cases

Cathy Wurzer talks with John Soler, a cancer epidemiologist with the Department of Health, about reported cases of cancer in Minnesota communities.
by Cathy Wurzer

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State setting health standards for emerging contaminants

State setting health standards for emerging contaminants

Health officials are turning their attention to little-known chemicals including those in fragrances, prescription drugs and bug spray.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Proposed mine would be Minnesota's largest

Cathy Wurzer talks with University of Minnesota-Duluth professor Jim Miller about the Twin Metals mine proposal near Ely.
by Cathy Wurzer

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What’s wrong with the Minnesota River?; Capitol tone in three Tweets

St. Peter Security Hospital director removed; Waterborne disease outbreak is traced to Duluth water park; What's wrong with the Minnesota River?; Great Lakes residents clash over water levels; Editorial: Raise fees to bolster hunting, fishing; Minnesota bill would make users' Facebook and social network sites off-limits to employers
by Michael Olson

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Study: Birds adjusting slowly to climate change

A new study based on the National Audubon Society's North American Christmas Bird Count finds birds have taken decades to adjust their ranges northward in response to warming winters.

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