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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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Minn. DNR moves to buy Zephyr rail line for trail

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is moving closer to converting the former Minnesota Zephyr rail line near Stillwater to a recreational trail.

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Testimony done in 5-state suit over Asian carp

Testimony is over in a potentially far-reaching federal lawsuit seeking to close two Illinois shipping locks to thwart the invasive Asian carp.

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Beltrami Co. board opposes DNR shoreline purchase

The county commissioners in Beltrami County are opposing a state Department of Natural Resources plan to buy more than a mile of lake shore in the county.

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Expert: High risk of Asian carp invading lakes

Signs of Asian carp in Chicago waterways mean there's a great risk the invasive fish could slip into Lake Michigan at any time, a witness said Tuesday in the first full day of testimony in a five-state lawsuit.

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Endangered or not, wolf killings set to expand

Endangered or not, wolf killings set to expand

Government agencies are seeking broad new authority to ramp up killings and removals of gray wolves in the Northern Rockies and Great Lakes.

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Blowout preventer, key oil spill evidence, raised to surface

Blowout preventer, key oil spill evidence, raised to surface

A crane hoisted a key piece of oil spill evidence to the surface of the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, giving investigators their first chance to personally scrutinize the blowout preventer, the massive piece of equipment that failed stop the gusher four months ago.

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