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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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Rabbits have overrun a suburban Florida community. Volunteers hop to the rescue

Rabbits have overrun a suburban Florida community. Volunteers hop to the rescue

Two years after a resident allegedly let loose lionhead rabbits, the fluffy animals now outnumber the homes in the Jenada Isle neighborhood. The bunny invasion has left some locals hopping mad.
by Emma Bowman

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Endangered Dakota skippers released in renewed prairie landscape

Endangered Dakota skippers released in renewed prairie landscape

A butterfly species once common on Minnesota’s prairie is fluttering again over native flowers and grasses. Hundreds of endangered Dakota skipper butterflies were reintroduced to Glacial Lakes State Park.
by Aaliyah Demry

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An otter turned outlaw continues to evade wildlife officials in Santa Cruz

An otter turned outlaw continues to evade wildlife officials in Santa Cruz

Otter 841 has become a celebrity after a month of stealing surfboards at a popular beach in Santa Cruz. Authorities are trying to catch her, but the otter's fans want her to be left alone in the wild.
by Dustin Jones

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How climate change could cause a home insurance meltdown

How climate change could cause a home insurance meltdown

It's increasingly expensive and difficult to get home insurance, as losses rise from climate-driven disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes. And the solutions aren't always politically popular.
by Michael Copley, Rebecca Hersher and Nathan Rott

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Amid a record heat wave, Texas construction workers lose their right to rest breaks

Amid a record heat wave, Texas construction workers lose their right to rest breaks

In June, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law undoing local protections that ensured breaks for laborers who spend their days in scorching heat. The law takes effect Sept. 1.
by Hannah Levitan, Investigative Reporting Workshop

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Health data roundup: COVID-19 in deer, cannabis-related emergency visits for kids

Health data roundup: COVID-19 in deer, cannabis-related emergency visits for kids

We’ve got mainly good news on COVID-19 in humans, but bad for deer. Also: cannabis storage safety and a recent downward trend in marijuana use among Minnesota teens. 
by Alyson Clary and Craig Helmstetter

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Leaked groundwater containing tritium may have reached Mississippi River in Monticello

Leaked groundwater containing tritium may have reached Mississippi River in Monticello

Xcel Energy says water with very low levels of radioactive tritium was detected about 30 feet from the river’s edge. State health and pollution control officials say there’s no risk to drinking water.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Planting 'climate-smart' trees from the south to save forests up north

Planting 'climate-smart' trees from the south to save forests up north

Climate change is putting stress on the traditional spruce and pines in Minnesota’s northern forests — and there’s real concern about their future. So, researchers are planting trees from the southern parts of our state in hopes of saving our northern forests.
by Paul Huttner and Ngoc Bui

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Short of veterinary technicians, Animal Humane Society decides to 'grow their own'

Short of veterinary technicians, Animal Humane Society decides to 'grow their own'

Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. households adopted a pet during the pandemic, according to the ASPCA. And all those animals need a lot of care: Mars Veterinary Health says pet care spending will rise by a third in the next ten years, and the U.S. will need 41,000 additional vets and more than twice as many veterinary technicians. 
by Tim Nelson

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