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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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Their lands are oceans apart but are linked by rising, warming seas of climate change

Their lands are oceans apart but are linked by rising, warming seas of climate change

Photographer Vlad Sokhin's latest work, “Warm Waters,” is an exploration of climate change traveling across 18 countries and off-the-map territories seen by seldom few.
by Charles Maynes and Grace Widyatmadja

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U.S. and China announce surprise climate agreement at COP26 summit

U.S. and China announce surprise climate agreement at COP26 summit

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry told NPR the declaration spurs mutual accountability. "I'm absolutely convinced that that is the fastest, best way to get China to move from where it is today," he said.
by Ari Shapiro, Ashley Brown, Noah Caldwell, Mia Venkat and Patrick Jarenwattananon

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Developing nations say they're owed for climate damage. Richer nations aren't budging

Developing nations say they're owed for climate damage. Richer nations aren't budging

Extreme weather is costing developing countries billions of dollars in damage. So they're seeking compensation from weather countries that have done the most to cause climate change.
by Lauren Sommer

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Minnesota lets public weigh in on adequacy of mining rules

Minnesota lets public weigh in on adequacy of mining rules

Minnesota regulators are accepting public comments on whether the state’s regulation of nonferrous mining would provide sufficient protection against environmental damage to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
by Steve Karnowski, Associated Press

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Deer disease doesn't deter excitement for hunting experience

Deer disease doesn't deter excitement for hunting experience

With deer hunting opening this week, Minnesotans are also on the lookout for chronic wasting disease, which is a prion disease that affects deer, elk, reindeer, sika deer and moose. In Minnesota, a majority of CWD reports have been in the southeastern part of the state.
by The Associated Press

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Carbon markets drive research in soil carbon storage

Carbon markets drive research in soil carbon storage

A growing number of agri-businesses are offering to pay farmers for practices that store carbon in the soil. But the cost of accurately measuring carbon in fields might be keeping farmers out of the market. Researchers are trying to improve the process.
by Dan Gunderson

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