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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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Listen to Climate Cast, the MPR News podcast all about our changing climate and its impact in Minnesota and worldwide.

How We Survive: Adapting to Climate Change

How We Survive: Adapting to Climate Change

Climate change is here. Experts say the time for prevention has passed, and we need to adapt—but what does that actually look like? This one-hour special from APM Marketplace, hosted by Molly Wood, explores the role of technology in helping humanity weather the impacts of climate change.

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New highway in southern Minnesota will include passageway designed for deer

New highway in southern Minnesota will include passageway designed for deer

All across Minnesota, highways of concrete and asphalt cross thoroughfares of a different kind: corridors used by wildlife as they seek food and shelter. A new highway in southern Minnesota is taking that into account, in a way that’s a first for state road construction projects.
by Andrew Krueger

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Spruce top thieves: How demand for a north woods cash crop is sparking an illicit trade

Spruce top thieves: How demand for a north woods cash crop is sparking an illicit trade

A lot of the raw material that’s used to make holiday decorations — from Christmas wreaths and garlands to potted evergreen arrangements — comes from Minnesota’s north woods, where there's a thriving cottage industry of harvesters and distributors. But as the market has grown, so has the opportunity for spruce thieves looking to make a quick buck. 
by Dan Kraker

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Climate change is sickening people and leading to premature death, scientists warn

Climate change is sickening people and leading to premature death, scientists warn

Heat waves, air pollution and extreme weather are making people sick and, increasingly, killing people. A key report by global physicians says fossil fuels are to blame.
by Rebecca Hersher

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UN: Warmer world in 2020 busted weather records, hurt people

UN: Warmer world in 2020 busted weather records, hurt people

The report detailing climate events in 2020 reads like a list of shattered records. The most ever Atlantic named storms. Unequaled wildfires. Unprecedented Arctic heat. Melting ice, deadly floods and prolonged droughts.
by The Associated Press

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Enbridge starts construction on Line 3 in Minnesota

Enbridge starts construction on Line 3 in Minnesota

Enbridge Energy has begun construction on its Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement in Minnesota. The action Tuesday comes a day after state regulators approved the final permit for the $2.6 billion project.
by The Associated Press

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