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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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Gulf leak eclipses Exxon Valdez as worst US spill

Gulf leak eclipses Exxon Valdez as worst US spill

As BP labored for a second day Thursday to choke off the leak at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, dire new government estimates showed the disaster has easily eclipsed the Exxon Valdez as the biggest oil spill in U.S. history.

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Scientists: Gulf oil spill surpasses Exxon Valdez

The Gulf oil spill has surpassed the Exxon Valdez as the worst in U.S. history, according to new estimates released Thursday, but the Coast Guard and BP said an untested procedure to stop it seemed to be working.

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AP sources: Oil agency chief quits under pressure

The head of the troubled agency that oversees offshore drilling resigned under pressure Thursday, Democratic sources said, as President Barack Obama moved more aggressively to take charge of the Gulf oil spill.

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President Obama press conference on Gulf oil crisis

President Obama press conference on Gulf oil crisis

As his administration continues to respond to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, President Obama announced today a moratorium on new deep-water oil drilling permits. He held a news conference at the White House.

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Clumps of forest tent caterpillars eating their way through Twin Cities

Clumps of forest tent caterpillars eating their way through Twin Cities

Forest tent caterpillars are stalking trees in the Twin Cities in much greater numbers than usual. Chris Boche, St. Paul's arborist, said he hasn't seen this kind of attack in his 35 years with the city.
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As oil spills, Obama touts alternative energy

As oil spills, Obama touts alternative energy

With the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico fouling waterways, wildlife and beaches, President Barack Obama is expressing deepening concern about the failure to plug the five-week old leak.

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