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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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Summertime and vacationing isn't easy. Blame it on climate change

Summertime and vacationing isn't easy. Blame it on climate change

Climate change already is making wildfires, hurricanes, heatwaves and droughts more frequent and intense; the devastating effects are in the headlines regularly. A warming climate also changes lives in subtler ways — such as summer vacation plans.
by Jeff Brady

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Colorado mudslides wreak havoc on major transportation route

Colorado mudslides wreak havoc on major transportation route

Interstate 70 in Colorado's Glenwood Canyon remains closed because of damage from mudslides — the latest in a string of closures over the past two years on the key transportation corridor through the Rocky Mountains.

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Line 3: White Earth argues DNR water permit violates wild rice rights

Line 3: White Earth argues DNR water permit violates wild rice rights

A lawsuit faults state officials for letting Enbridge Inc. pump up to 5 billion gallons of water for its Line 3 oil pipeline construction. It's believed to be the first case brought in a U.S. tribal court on behalf of the rights of nature, a movement gaining momentum around the globe.
by Kirsti Marohn

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'You pray for rain': Low rivers stressing irrigators, recreationists — and potentially, critters

'You pray for rain': Low rivers stressing irrigators, recreationists — and potentially, critters

Rivers across the state are very low because of the severe drought encompassing much of the state. That's affecting a lot of people who rely on rivers and streams for their livelihood.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Amid uptick in bear encounters, Superior National Forest enacts new food storage order

Amid uptick in bear encounters, Superior National Forest enacts new food storage order

Officials in northern Minnesota's Superior National Forest say they're seeing an uptick in bear encounters this summer — so what had been longstanding food storage recommendations for visitors are now required.
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