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Environment

Getting to Green: Minnesota’s Energy Future

Climate Cast: The latest research and solutions on our changing climate and the consequences we’re seeing here in Minnesota and worldwide

California's largest wildfire explodes in size as fires rage across US West

California's largest wildfire explodes in size as fires rage across US West

California's largest active fire exploded in size on Friday evening, growing rapidly amid bone-dry fuel and threatening thousands of homes as firefighters scrambled to meet the danger.
by The Associated Press

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One of the busiest wildlife animal hospitals in the world calls Minnesota home

One of the busiest wildlife animal hospitals in the world calls Minnesota home

MPR News guest host Nina Moini talks about how the North Star State is home to one of the busiest wildlife animal hospitals in the world because Minnesotan’s appreciate, respect and have compassion for wildlife.
by Angela Davis and Cari Dwyer

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Federal money to tackle food waste and climate pollution flows to Minnesota in the fall

Federal money to tackle food waste and climate pollution flows to Minnesota in the fall

The state is set to receive a $200 million grant to reduce food waste and climate pollution, Gov. Tim Walz announced Tuesday. Officials say money will go toward projects that decarbonize food systems while keeping Minnesotans sustainably fed.
by Cari Spencer

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Project seeks to compensate tribal nations for national park lands

Project seeks to compensate tribal nations for national park lands

The South Dakota based Lakota People’s Law Project has established a project to solicit donations and educate people about the importance of the lands that are now national parks to Indigenous people.
by Dan Gunderson

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Ash wastewater spill at northern Minnesota coal plant more than five times larger than first reported

Ash wastewater spill at northern Minnesota coal plant more than five times larger than first reported

Minnesota Power first said the leak Tuesday at the Boswell Energy Center in Cohasset was about 1 million gallons. On Friday, the utility and state officials say it was actually 5.5 million gallons.
by Dan Kraker

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Domestic violence shelter expands to make room for pets

Domestic violence shelter expands to make room for pets

A new pet shelter in Maplewood has a goal that’s different from other animal rescues. Attached to Tubman domestic violence shelter, this home for pets serves people experiencing domestic violence. It’s the first of its kind in the Twin Cities.
by Tom Crann and Ngoc Bui

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From a basement lab to computers worldwide, Concordia College digitizes thousands of species

From a basement lab to computers worldwide, Concordia College digitizes thousands of species

After languishing for decades — in some cases more than a century — in Minnesota museum collections, more than one million bugs, birds and other specimens are now being offered to a new audience.
by Amy Felegy

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St. Paul iron foundry to increase operations after judge strikes down state order

St. Paul iron foundry to increase operations after judge strikes down state order

A St. Paul iron foundry is scaling back up to normal operations after a court order overturned limits previously imposed by state regulators. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency ordered Northern Iron to reduce its operations in April, alleging that the foundry was violating federal air quality standards. But a judge has now partially struck down that order.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Sven Sundgaard catches up with the pigeon he rescued at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center

Sven Sundgaard catches up with the pigeon he rescued at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center

If you find an injured animal in the Twin Cities area, there’s one go-to place that can help: the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville. They just had their busiest May-June ever.
by Sven Sundgaard

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