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Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

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Bishop resigns as pollution agency head prior to Senate vote

Bishop resigns as pollution agency head prior to Senate vote

Laura Bishop resigned as Minnesota Pollution Control Agency commissioner rather than face a confirmation vote. She had been assailed by Republican lawmakers for pushing new standards around vehicle emissions, industrial pollution and food-packaging chemicals.
by Brian Bakst and Tim Pugmire

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New infrastructure deal must focus on climate, activists say

New infrastructure deal must focus on climate, activists say

Climate activists and their Democratic allies in Congress are pressing with renewed urgency for huge investments to slow global warming, after a bipartisan infrastructure plan cut out some of President Joe Biden’s key climate initiatives.
by The Associated Press

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Des Moines faces extreme measures to find clean water

Des Moines faces extreme measures to find clean water

For years, Des Moines Water Works has tried without success to get farmers upstream to reduce fertilizer runoff that leaves rivers with sky-high nitrate levels. Now, it’s considering a drastic measure that, as a rule, large cities just don’t do — resorting to wells to find clean water.
by The Associated Press

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Six men, including two Line 3 workers, arrested in human trafficking sting

Local and state officials arrested six men last week during a sting operation to combat human trafficking in northern Minnesota's Beltrami County. Two of the men who were arrested were working on the Line 3 oil pipeline project.
by MPR News Staff and The Associated Press

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MN Senate stays in session to review Walz commissioners

MN Senate stays in session to review Walz commissioners

Republicans who control the Minnesota Senate say they will extend their special session to review agency heads appointed by Gov. Tim Walz. Democrats reacted sharply, accusing the GOP of a vendetta against the governor after contentious budget negotiations.
by Brian Bakst

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Exxon lobbyist caught on video talks about undermining Biden's climate push

Exxon lobbyist caught on video talks about undermining Biden's climate push

ExxonMobil has condemned the comments of one of its lobbyists secretly recorded by undercover climate activists. The man described pushing lawmakers to weaken President Joe Biden's infrastructure bill.
by Jeff Brady

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