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To slow a warming climate, Minnesota is changing where it gets electricity — shrinking the state’s reliance on fossil fuels and expanding the use of renewable energy. 

 of Minnesota’s electricity comes from solar, wind and hydropower. But challenges remain.

For the state to reach its ambitious goal of being carbon neutral by 2050, Minnesotans would need to embrace new ways of heating homes, traveling, powering the state’s factories and much more. And now there are questions about how President Donald Trump’s tariffs and opposition to wind and solar energy might affect an energy transition.  

MPR News has been exploring a transition to a carbon-free economy in the series 

MPR News correspondents Dan Kraker and Kirsti Marohn talk about the progress toward green energy and what the future holds. 

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To slow a warming climate, Minnesotans would need to heat homes, travel and power factories without burning fossil fuels. MPR News correspondents Dan Kraker and Kirsti Marohn talk about what the shift to green power could look like under President Donald Trump. 

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