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Xcel Energy seeks to grow wind energy in southwest Minnesota

Xcel Energy seeks to grow wind energy in southwest Minnesota

The Minneapolis-based utility is asking for proposals for about 1,200 megawatts of new wind projects. That's enough to power more than 485,000 homes in an average year.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Climate change has some moving to the Midwest

Climate change has some moving to the Midwest

Go Midwest, young man? That’s the title of a recent piece in Time Magazine that touts the Midwest as a place people will likely move to in the future. So which factors make the Midwest a potentially attractive place to relocate?
by Paul Huttner and Ngoc Bui

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How gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations

How gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations

Gas stoves emit potentially harmful pollutants, but utilities and their trade group avoided regulation with tactics perfected by the tobacco industry to cast doubt on science showing health problems.
by Jeff Brady

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Follow Minnesota's green transition with MPR News Getting to Green series

Follow Minnesota's green transition with MPR News Getting to Green series

Minnesota leaders set an ambitious goal to be carbon-neutral by 2050. What will it take to carry out Minnesota’s green energy transition? Here at MPR News we’re tracking Minnesota’s clean energy progress, in a series called Getting to Green.
by Paul Huttner and Ngoc Bui

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Climate rules are coming for corporate America

Climate rules are coming for corporate America

U.S. regulators are finalizing rules that will make publicly traded companies disclose information about climate change. Other jurisdictions have been announcing similar requirements.
by Michael Copley

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