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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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With food scarce amid drought, bear sightings on the rise in Minnesota

With food scarce amid drought, bear sightings on the rise in Minnesota

Due to the drought encompassing much of Minnesota this year, natural food sources are harder to find. Bear sightings have been common across the state, as the opportunistic creatures take advantage of backyard bird feeders and other readily available food sources.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Climate change is threatening Komodo dragons, the world's largest living lizards

Climate change is threatening Komodo dragons, the world's largest living lizards

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List, an assessment of the health of tens of thousands of species, Komodo dragons went from "vulnerable" to "endangered."
by Joe Hernandez

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Power restoration after Hurricane Ida in Louisiana could take weeks

Power restoration after Hurricane Ida in Louisiana could take weeks

Full restoration of electricity to some of the hardest-hit areas of Louisiana battered to an unprecedented degree by Hurricane Ida could take until the end of the month, the head of Entergy Louisiana warned Saturday.
by The Associated Press

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Stunned by Ida, the Northeast begins to recover and worry about the next storm

Stunned by Ida, the Northeast begins to recover and worry about the next storm

At least 49 people are confirmed dead, and in some areas the search for the missing continues. Residents digging out from the wreckage are asking whether the region is prepared for the next storm.
by Joe Hernandez, Hansi Lo Wang and Brian Mann

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Omar, other ‘squad’ members appeal to Biden on pipeline

Omar, other ‘squad’ members appeal to Biden on pipeline

Minneapolis U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and Democratic members of Congress want President Biden to stop the nearly completed Line 3 replacement pipeline project. Republican legislators from northern Minnesota say there’s no reason to block the project.
by Matt Sepic and Tim Pugmire

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Biden message to battered Gulf Coast: 'We are here for you'

Biden message to battered Gulf Coast: 'We are here for you'

President Joe Biden is calling for greater public resolve to confront climate change and help the nation deal with the fierce storms, flooding and wildfires that have beset the country as he makes a sojourn to hurricane-battered Louisiana on Friday.
by The Associated Press

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How climate change is strengthening fires, hurricanes and 'weather on steroids'

How climate change is strengthening fires, hurricanes and 'weather on steroids'

This week, we’ve seen fire in California, storms in New Orleans and the Northeast and drought in Minnesota. How is climate change linked to these three separate extreme weather events?
by Paul Huttner

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