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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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The record temperatures enveloping the West are not your average heat wave

The record temperatures enveloping the West are not your average heat wave

This record-setting heat wave's remarkable power, size and unusually early appearance is giving meteorologists and climate experts yet more cause for concern about the routinization of extreme weather in an era of climate change.
by Eric Westervelt

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Airlines work to scale up sustainable jet fuel

Airlines work to scale up sustainable jet fuel

Waste from crops, logging — even cities — can be turned into a more sustainable jet fuel. Airlines are lobbying for tax incentives that would put more of it into their fuel mix.
by Paul Huttner

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How much is it worth to leave an old pipeline in the ground? State regulators reject call to clarify Line 3 removal program

How much is it worth to leave an old pipeline in the ground? State regulators reject call to clarify Line 3 removal program

More than 250 landowners who live along an oil pipeline corridor that cuts across northern Minnesota can expect to receive additional information in the mail in the next few weeks about removing those pipelines from their land.
by Dan Kraker

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'We held a lot of good ground': Line 3 protest and prayer camp disbands near Mississippi River crossing

'We held a lot of good ground': Line 3 protest and prayer camp disbands near Mississippi River crossing

A group of about 100 people who oppose the pipeline that is primed to be laid near a stretch of the Mississippi in Clearwater County pitched tents, built compost toilets and established a camp along the timber-mat boardwalk that extends to the riverbanks. The group ended its eight-day occupation of the space Monday evening.
by Kirsti Marohn

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State appeals court upholds approval of Line 3 oil pipeline

State appeals court upholds approval of Line 3 oil pipeline

On a 2-1 vote, a Minnesota Court of Appeals panel has upheld the state's approval of the Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project, dealing a blow to tribes and environmental groups battling the project.
by Dan Kraker

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'Crazy worms' threaten America's trees — and (gasp!) maybe our maple syrup

'Crazy worms' threaten America's trees — and (gasp!) maybe our maple syrup

The invasive worms, which reproduce rapidly, are creating havoc in forests. They thrash around so violently that they can jump out of a person's hand. They also lose their tail — on purpose.
by Bill Chappell

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Coming soon to an atlas near you: A fifth ocean

Coming soon to an atlas near you: A fifth ocean

National Geographic has recognized the Southern Ocean as the fifth official ocean. The cartographic update doesn't surprise researchers who study the importance of the waters surrounding Antarctica.
by Karen Zamora, Justine Kenin and Emma Bowman

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