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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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How fast are oceans rising? The answer may be in century-old shipping logs

How fast are oceans rising? The answer may be in century-old shipping logs

A century ago, the shipping industry recorded the daily ebb and flow of tides. Now, those records are becoming crucial for forecasting how fast sea levels are rising in a warming climate.
by Lauren Sommer

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It's not just Texas: The entire energy grid needs an upgrade for extreme weather

It's not just Texas: The entire energy grid needs an upgrade for extreme weather

The U.S. power grid was designed for technology and weather that existed in the 1950s, '60s and '70s, says energy consultant Alison Silverstein. Now, she says, it needs to be updated for a future that includes climate change.
by Jeff Brady

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Leaders of tribal nations in MN ask Walz to pause Line 3 work during legal appeal

Leaders of tribal nations in MN ask Walz to pause Line 3 work during legal appeal

In a letter, the group urged Walz to issue an executive order putting a stay on the pipeline replacement project construction while lawsuits challenging the project’s approval play out in court.
by Dan Kraker

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North Dakota officials block wind power in effort to save coal

North Dakota officials block wind power in effort to save coal

Across the country, coal plants are shutting down. Wind turbines are going up. But the transition can be rocky. In North Dakota, some officials are trying to defend coal by blocking new wind turbines.
by Dan Charles

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Minnesota Supreme Court hands victory to PolyMet copper mine

Minnesota Supreme Court hands victory to PolyMet copper mine

The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed an appeals court's rejection of a critical air emissions permit for the planned PolyMet copper-nickel mine and sent the case back for further proceedings.
by The Associated Press

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Enbridge Line 3 divides Indigenous lands, people

Enbridge Line 3 divides Indigenous lands, people

Conflict is growing among Indigenous communities along the nearly 400-mile path of Enbridge's Line 3 project. As it cuts across the Fond du Lac reservation, treaty lands of several other bands of Ojibwe and the headwaters of the Mississippi River in northern Minnesota, it has brought not just jobs but controversy and discord into the most intimate spheres of spirituality, family and community.

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