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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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DNR limits walleye fishing to catch-and-release on Mille Lacs through mid August

DNR limits walleye fishing to catch-and-release on Mille Lacs through mid August

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says it’s adjusting the open-water regulations for the popular destination lake in north-central Minnesota due in part to hungrier walleye and high catch rates.
by Kirsti Marohn

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In northern Minnesota, researchers and foresters prepare for emerald ash borer invasion

In northern Minnesota, researchers and foresters prepare for emerald ash borer invasion

The invasive emerald ash borer has slowly munched its way across the state since it was first discovered in St. Paul in 2009. Now it’s on the doorstep of the largest ash forest in North America.
by Dan Kraker

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Minnesota lawmakers look to put packaging companies on the hook for materials waste

Minnesota lawmakers look to put packaging companies on the hook for materials waste

Amid growing amounts of discarded packaging materials, lawmakers ask: Who should pay to deal with it and how to slim the pile? A bill before the Minnesota Legislature puts that onus on packaging companies.
by Clay Masters

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Minnesota-grown technology helps scientists track wildlife around the globe

Minnesota-grown technology helps scientists track wildlife around the globe

Much of the research conducted around the world on hundreds of species of wildlife — from large mammals including moose and wolves, to birds and fish and reptiles, even insects — relies on technology developed, in part, in Minnesota.
by Dan Kraker

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Climate solution or pipe dream? Carbon capture and coal power plants

Climate solution or pipe dream? Carbon capture and coal power plants

An electric cooperative that serves customers in Minnesota and North Dakota wants to build one of the worlds largest carbon capture facilities. Skeptics doubt Project Tundra will work, but the Biden administration has thrown its support behind the nearly $2 billion project.
by Dan Gunderson

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Wolf hunt legislation introduced once more at Minnesota Legislature

Wolf hunt legislation introduced once more at Minnesota Legislature

Bills to mandate an open wolf season have once again been introduced at the Minnesota Legislature. They would also establish a deer task force to increase deer populations in the northeast. Similar bills have failed in recent years in St Paul.
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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DNR reports hunters took fewer deer during 2023 season

DNR reports hunters took fewer deer during 2023 season

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reports deer harvest numbers were down 8 percent throughout the state in 2023 compared to the previous season. They were also 14 percent less than the five-year average.  
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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