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Climate Cast ®
Paul Huttner and Matt Alvarez

Increasing greenhouse gas emissions may put Minnesota climate goals out of reach

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Heavy traffic seen on Interstate 35W in Minneapolis after first snowing.
Kerem Yucel | MPR News 2022

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It’s a post-pandemic world, and Minnesota’s greenhouse emissions are following the nationwide trend of going up.

Based on recent state data from 2020 to 2022, emissions rose 6.4 percent with transportation and agriculture being the biggest contributors.

Now, the state is off-track to meet its climate goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.

“I think it will be difficult to meet,” said Walker Orenstein, a reporter with The Minnesota Star Tribune. “As the state has pointed out, if we don’t start seeing big drops in sectors that aren’t the electric sector, then it will be troublesome.”

MPR News chief meteorologist Paul Huttner talked to Orenstein about his reporting on the biennial greenhouse gas emissions report.

To hear the full conversation, click play on the audio player above or subscribe to the Climate Cast podcast.