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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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Climate change, the environmental movement and racism

Climate change, the environmental movement and racism

Air pollution, severe weather and the economic upheaval brought on by climate change has a serious impact on people of color and their communities, yet their voices are often left out of policy responses and market solutions. Can there be a green movement that is inclusive and actively anti-racist?
by MPR News Staff

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Eagles and mockingbirds catch a break as judge strikes down Trump bird opinion

Eagles and mockingbirds catch a break as judge strikes down Trump bird opinion

In 2017, the Trump administration scaled back protections of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. A federal judge has now struck down the rule change — and cited “To Kill a Mockingbird” in so doing.
by Gabriela Saldivia

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New report documents once-polluted Rainy River’s recovery

New report documents once-polluted Rainy River’s recovery

A half-century ago, the Rainy River was heavily polluted by paper mills and untreated sewage. Now the river that runs along Minnesota’s northern border supports a world-class fishery and excellent water quality.
by Dan Kraker

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Mauritius races to contain oil spill, protect coastline

Mauritius races to contain oil spill, protect coastline

Thousands of students, environmental activists and residents of Mauritius were working around the clock Sunday, trying to reduce the damage to the Indian Ocean island from an oil spill after a ship ran aground on a coral reef.
by The Associated Press

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Mauritius scrambles to contain oil spill from grounded ship

Mauritius scrambles to contain oil spill from grounded ship

Anxious residents of the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius stuffed fabric sacks with sugar cane leaves Saturday to create makeshift oil spill barriers as tons of fuel leaking from a grounded ship put endangered wildlife in further peril.
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