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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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Rethink your gardening plans with early sprouting

Rethink your gardening plans with early sprouting

Even though it’s only the first week of March, gardeners across the state are seeing plants of all varieties sprouting. Who better to explain this odd gardening season than our resident Minnesota master gardener, Meg Cowden.
by Cathy Wurzer and Ellen Finn

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Minnesota’s moose count holds steady, but they’re not out of the woods

Minnesota’s moose count holds steady, but they’re not out of the woods

The latest survey from the Minnesota DNR shows the state’s moose population has stabilized over the past decade but is still at risk because of factors including climate change, predators and parasites.
by Dan Kraker

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Getting off fossil fuels is hard, but this city is doing it — building by building

Getting off fossil fuels is hard, but this city is doing it — building by building

Ithaca, N.Y., wants to eliminate greenhouse gasses by 2030 — 20 years faster than the rest of the country. But even in this liberal city meeting climate targets is harder than expected.
by Jeff Brady

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What an unseasonably warm winter will mean for farmers this year

What an unseasonably warm winter will mean for farmers this year

The warmest winter on record has also brought some of the lowest snow cover on record to much of Minnesota. What does the lack of snow mean for Minnesota’s soils and farmers this year?
by Paul Huttner and Ngoc Bui

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Texas wildfire smoke drifts toward Minnesota

Texas wildfire smoke drifts toward Minnesota

It won’t be anything near the scale of the thick haze that blanketed Minnesota for so many days last summer — but some smoke from massive wildfires in Texas could drift across the Upper Midwest over the next couple of days.
by MPR News Staff

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A wildfire scorching the Texas Panhandle has grown to the largest in state history

A wildfire scorching the Texas Panhandle has grown to the largest in state history

A wildfire spreading across the Texas Panhandle has become the largest in state history. Authorities say the Smokehouse Creek fire grew Thursday to nearly 1,700 square miles of scorched rural ranchlands and destroyed homes.
by The Associated Press

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