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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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Thousands march in Brussels to demand tougher climate action

Thousands march in Brussels to demand tougher climate action

Thousands of people young and old are marching through Brussels to push European politicians to take bolder action to fight climate change. The march was being held ahead of the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow that begin on Oct. 31. 
by The Associated Press

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A gorilla's life and death, in two viral photos

A gorilla's life and death, in two viral photos

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the death of Ndakasi, the gorilla who went viral for a photobomb a few years ago. A picture taken of her last moments in her caretaker's arms also went viral this week.
by Scott Simon

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California pipeline may have been damaged up to a year before spill

California pipeline may have been damaged up to a year before spill

An underwater oil pipeline off the Southern California coast was likely damaged by a ship’s anchor several months to a year before it ruptured and sent oil spewing into the ocean and then onto some of the area’s best-known beaches, investigators said Friday.
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Biden to restore protections for the Bears Ears monument after Trump downsized it

Biden to restore protections for the Bears Ears monument after Trump downsized it

President Joe Biden will sign orders on Friday expanding the boundaries of Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monuments, the administration announced.
by Deepa Shivaram

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A mega-drought is hammering the U.S. In North Dakota, it's worse than the Dust Bowl

A mega-drought is hammering the U.S. In North Dakota, it's worse than the Dust Bowl

Ranchers in North Dakota have been forced to sell off their herds at historic rates. Now they're worried they won't have enough feed to keep their remaining cows alive this winter.
by Kirk Siegler

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Good things come in trees: Northern Minnesota hitting peak fall color

Good things come in trees: Northern Minnesota hitting peak fall color

While swaths of northwestern Minnesota are past peak, most areas north of St. Cloud are in their prime for leaf-peeping. Parts of the eastern Twin Cities have also reached peak season for fall foliage. What are you waiting for?
by Nancy Yang

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