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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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How small, rural towns are making the biggest clean energy ideas happen

How small, rural towns are making the biggest clean energy ideas happen

How are small towns building clean energy futures? L. Michelle Moore, author of “Rural Renaissance: Revitalizing America’s Hometowns through Clean Power,” shares examples of how rural towns are taking on the biggest ideas to transform our energy systems.
by Paul Huttner

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New program connects English language classes with Minnesota’s green spaces

New program connects English language classes with Minnesota’s green spaces

A pilot project called Nature for New Minnesotans ties English language instruction to a natural-history curriculum. Adult participants from Somalia, Laos, and Myanmar end the course with a hands-on experience in fishing or camping.

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Wildlife conservation tends to save charismatic species. That may be about to change.

Wildlife conservation tends to save charismatic species. That may be about to change.

Bald eagles have soared back from the brink. Grizzly bear numbers are rebounding. But thousands of less charismatic species are competing for scarce conservation resources in the United States.
by Laura Benshoff

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African nations seek funds as cost of climate change rises

African nations seek funds as cost of climate change rises

From drought to cyclones and sea level rise, the cost of damage caused by climate change in Africa will only get higher as the world warms, stirring concerns from activists and officials about how to pay for it.
by The Associated Press

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Swine, seed art and solar: State Fair offers chance to learn about climate solutions

Swine, seed art and solar: State Fair offers chance to learn about climate solutions

Minnesota farmers weren’t just eyeing the latest tractors on display at the State Fair this year. Many made their way over to the Eco Building to ask how they can rent their land out to solar developers.
by Paul Huttner

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