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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 track record on environmental issues

Obama's track record on environmental issues

Protesters have been taking to the streets against the proposed Keystone XL Oil Pipeline between Canada and Texas. They want to push Obama to cut support for the project. It's the most recent in a list of confrontations between environmentalists and the Obama administration on such issues as air pollution and fracking. Is Obama disappointing his green base? And how will environmentalists make themselves heard in the 2012 elections?

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DNR commissioner removes top 2 forestry officials

Minnesota's Department of Natural Resources commissioner has removed his top two forestry officials, saying he wants to see timber from state lands harvested more quickly to help the struggling forest products industry.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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State may sell or trade land in the BWCAW

State may sell or trade land in the BWCAW

After years of stalemate, talks are beginning again over a possible deal to swap and sell state lands within the federal Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Met Council joins Minn. lawsuit against 3M

Met Council joins Minn. lawsuit against 3M

The Metropolitan Council is joining the state of Minnesota in its lawsuit against 3M Co. seeking damages for alleged environmental consequences tied to its disposal of chemicals once used to make Scotchgard.
by Lorna Benson

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Photos: Boundary Waters wildfire aftermath

Photos: Boundary Waters wildfire aftermath

Since blowing up in late August, the Pagami Creek Fire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has burned about 95,000 acres. Hundreds of wildfire specialists from all over the Midwest and Rocky Mountains fought the blaze at a cost of more than $20 million. And now, with winter approaching, we're getting a look at the extent of the charred devastation the fire left behind.

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Minn., feds close on deal for state land in BWCA

Minn., feds close on deal for state land in BWCA

Minnesota and federal officials are getting close to a deal that could end a decades-long dispute over state land locked within the federal Boundary Waters Canoe Area and generate new money for the state's schools.

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Map: Poisoned Places

A "Poisoned Places" map produced by National Public Radio shows specific places and polluters in Minnesota.

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