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 to plow snow in 2019 than it did the previous year. A 

 cost St. Paul taxpayers more than $1 million. And 

 cost those same taxpayers $3.5 million this year. 

This winter tested Minnesota's readiness and resilience

Former Vice President Al Gore talks climate change solutions in Twin Cities

With cities bearing the cost of climate change, they can’t escape being part of the solution. Severe weather is taking out aging infrastructure, while cities are getting smarter about what they put back in.

That was the topic of a talk with St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey at the Climate Reality Leadership Corp training in Minneapolis Aug. 4. Hit play on the audio player above to hear the conversation.

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The cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis released their budgets Thursday. There’s a good chance those budgets will have to cover increased costs due to climate change.

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Paul Huttner, Jacob Frey and Melvin Carter

The cost of climate change is showing up in city budgets, but so are solutions

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