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Environmental News

MPR News is your source for environment news from Minnesota and across the country.

Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

Getting to Green is an MPR News series that shares stories about Minnesota’s clean energy transition, including what needs to be done to get there.

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Climate Cast

Listen to Climate Cast, the MPR News podcast all about our changing climate and its impact in Minnesota and worldwide.

How climate change intensifies extreme weather

How climate change intensifies extreme weather

How did climate change supercharge climate extremes in the summer of 2022? Climate scientist Kevin Trenberth joined Climate Cast to explain the extreme events we saw.
by Paul Huttner

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Ducks offer clues to avian influenza risk

Ducks offer clues to avian influenza risk

The deadly avian influenza virus is once again showing up on Minnesota poultry farms. There's concern the fall waterfowl migration might bring a resurgence of the virus that killed millions of turkeys and chickens in the spring. There's a nationwide effort to monitor the virus in wild waterfowl, including here in Minnesota.
by Dan Gunderson

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A warming climate brings dire predictions for Minnesota fish

A warming climate brings dire predictions for Minnesota fish

A recently published study suggests a warming climate will have a drastic impact on fish populations in Minnesota lakes. The study modeled the future impact of warming lakes on fish in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
by Dan Gunderson

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Minnesota regulators OK building massive solar power station near Becker

Minnesota regulators OK building massive solar power station near Becker

Once completed, the Sherco Solar project near Becker, northwest of the Twin Cities, will cut carbon emissions by nearly 300,000 tons annually as it replaces a nearby coal-fired plant that's being phased out, Xcel Energy said.
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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A fall tradition: Bringing in the wild rice harvest

This is the season for collecting wild rice across northern Minnesota. Ricers have been out in canoes harvesting the crop from lakes and rivers. To preserve that rice, and give it the trademark nutty, smoky flavor involves a process of parching, jigging, winnowing and fellowship.
by Dan Gunderson

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