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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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Judge halts Minneapolis 2040 zoning plan amid environmental questions

Judge halts Minneapolis 2040 zoning plan amid environmental questions

Wednesday's ruling does not kill the plan and leaves open the possibility of restarting it once the city takes steps to address environmental concerns. A city attorney said Minneapolis is considering appealing the ruling.
by MPR News Staff

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Minnesota DNR using GPS collars to track fawns’ movements

Minnesota DNR using GPS collars to track fawns’ movements

The study — the first of its kind in southern Minnesota in about two decades — should provide valuable information about how deer are moving across the landscape, their habitat preference and survival rates.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Rising Rainy Lake threatens environmentalist Ernest Oberholtzer's historic retreat

Rising Rainy Lake threatens environmentalist Ernest Oberholtzer's historic retreat

Influential environmentalist Ernest Oberholtzer built several distinctive cabins perched on a tiny granite island on the huge lake that now serve as a retreat for writers, artists and conservationists.
by Dan Kraker

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Minnesota’s loon population could be declining

Minnesota’s loon population could be declining

A Wisconsin study found the state’s loon population is declining. New research from Crow Wing County, Minnesota could find out whether Minnesota's loon population is facing similar trouble.
by Cathy Wurzer, Kirsti Marohn and Gretchen Brown

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