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MPR meteorologist Paul Huttner discusses the latest research on our changing climate and the consequences we’re seeing here in Minnesota and worldwide. Hear Climate Cast each Thursday on MPR’s All Things Considered.

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January 31, 2019 10:43 AM

Why climate change cost the U.S. $160 billion last year

The world's biggest insurers say climate change is costing us billions.

by Paul Huttner

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January 30, 2019 4:00 AM

Ilhan Omar: Green New Deal would help Minnesota, could pass House

Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar told Climate Cast about why she supports broad new climate change legislation known as the Green New Deal.

by Paul Huttner and Cody Nelson

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January 24, 2019 11:48 AM

Psst ... climate change is still here, even though it's freezing out

President Trump recently got the internet talking when he suggested, inaccurately, that recent cold and snow in the northeastern U.S. somehow negated modern climate science.

by Paul Huttner and Cody Nelson

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January 23, 2019 2:11 PM

Did climate change bankrupt an electric company?

A major California electric utility is filing for bankruptcy, and climate change may be the culprit.

by Paul Huttner

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January 17, 2019 3:00 PM

How Germany got to 40 percent renewable electricity

Emissions are on pace to fall 62 percent from 1990 levels by 2050. That's an unthinkable greenhouse gas reduction pace here in the U.S. But in Germany, many say that's not fast enough.

by Paul Huttner

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January 16, 2019 12:51 PM

'Absurd': 3 Minnesota towns crushed state rainfall records last year

Harmony's 2018 rain total would have been common for a Gulf Coast city, not Minnesota. But massive rainfalls are the new normal as the climate changes. A state climatologist expects Minnesota's precipitation record to be broken again soon.

by Paul Huttner and Cody Nelson

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January 10, 2019 1:44 PM

Inside a Minnesota high school where climate change is the focus

Apple Valley high school students are learning science that could help save themselves and future generations from the worst of climate change's impending effects.

by Cody Nelson

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January 5, 2019 10:35 AM

Transportation, agriculture edge out electricity as Minnesota's largest emissions sources

Minnesota still is not meeting goals set in 2007 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all sources, including electricity, transportation, agriculture and industry.

by Elizabeth Dunbar

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January 3, 2019 12:00 AM

Costly, devastating: Looking back at 2018's extreme weather

What do we know about the climate change connections to the weather we hear about in the news? Paul Huttner explains.

by Paul Huttner

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January 2, 2019 4:27 PM

Minnesota's biggest climate change signals

When looking for signs climate change has arrived in Minnesota, look for the little and unexpected things, said Kenny Blumenfeld, the state Department of Natural Resource's senior climatologist.

by Paul Huttner

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