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Climate

Federal scientists confirm virtual tie for hottest year on record

Federal scientists confirm virtual tie for hottest year on record

The average global temperatures in 2020 and 2016 were within a few hundredths of a degree. The Earth is about 2 degrees Fahrenheit warmer now than it was in the middle of the 20th century.
by Rebecca Hersher

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DFL state lawmakers propose what they say is most ambitious clean energy goal in U.S.

DFL state lawmakers propose what they say is most ambitious clean energy goal in U.S.

With a slate of executive actions this week, President Joe Biden is aiming the country to use 100 percent clean energy by 2050. In a bill introduced this session, Minnesota lawmakers propose doing it by 2040.
by Paul Huttner and Megan Burks

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Neighbors make surprise discovery in Duluth beach restoration: Shreds of vintage cans

Neighbors make surprise discovery in Duluth beach restoration: Shreds of vintage cans

In the past few months, people who live along Duluth's Park Point spit have been picking up shredded aluminum cans — by the bagful — on the neighborhood's Lake Superior beach. The metal fragments were inadvertently deposited there last fall, when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged sediment from the harbor to help build back the eroding beach.
by Dan Kraker

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