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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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A seafood bounty lures sea lions to S.F.'s Pier 39 in numbers not seen in 15 years

A seafood bounty lures sea lions to S.F.'s Pier 39 in numbers not seen in 15 years

It's a popular rest stop for sea lions, but the docks at the tourist hot spot these days are unusually packed out with the slippery residents. Conservationists are buoyed by the surge in visitors.
by Emma Bowman

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RD Offutt Farms sues White Earth Nation over water permits

RD Offutt Farms sues White Earth Nation over water permits

In a lawsuit filed Friday, RD Offutt farms asked a federal judge to issue a judgment that the White Earth Nation does not have the authority to regulate potato farmers’ groundwater use. RDO is challenging a White Earth ordinance requiring growers to get a tribal irrigation permit.
by Dan Gunderson

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How will a warm winter affect spring fishing? What to know before the opener

How will a warm winter affect spring fishing? What to know before the opener

The Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener is next Saturday. Did our unseasonably warm winter negatively affect fish, lakes and rivers? The answer is complicated.
by Phil Picardi and Gracie Stockton

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Hobbyist photographer snaps photo of extremely rare bird in 1st U.S. sighting

Hobbyist photographer snaps photo of extremely rare bird in 1st U.S. sighting

Michael Sanchez was testing out his new camera when he happened upon a feathered subject. The blue rock-thrush he photographed on the coast of northern Oregon last week has excited the birding world.
by Emma Bowman

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Report shows Minnesota is leading the way in clean energy transition

Report shows Minnesota is leading the way in clean energy transition

Amelia Cerling Hennes, managing director of public affairs for Clean Energy Economy MN, shared more about the state’s clean energy transition and what we’re doing well.
by Paul Huttner and Ngoc Bui

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‘For the bees’: Retiring U of M entomologist Marla Spivak reflects on long career of bee science, advocacy

‘For the bees’: Retiring U of M entomologist Marla Spivak reflects on long career of bee science, advocacy

A University of Minnesota professor who is a widely recognized researcher and advocate for bees is retiring after more than 30 years. Marla Spivak created the U of M Bee Squad and the Bee Lab, and was awarded a McArthur Genius grant.
by Dan Gunderson

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Anglers hope better stocking can revive Minnesota’s muskie fishing

Anglers hope better stocking can revive Minnesota’s muskie fishing

Some anglers say Minnesota’s once-robust muskie fishery has declined in recent years, due to reduced stocking and increased pressure from anglers aided by the latest sonar technology.
by Kirsti Marohn

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