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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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Zebra mussel research project a long shot for Legacy funds

Zebra mussel research project a long shot for Legacy funds

A $350,000 research project on Zequanox, the name given to the product containing the zebra mussel-killing bacteria, landed at the bottom of a list of projects being considered for up to $96 million that will be available next year as part of the Legacy's Outdoor Heritage Fund.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Firefighters mopping up fire in BWCA near Ely

Firefighters mopping up fire in BWCA near Ely

Firefighters were mopping up Wednesday at the scene of a forest fire near Ely in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area but officials warned that conditions in the area are expected to remain dry due to a drought so paddlers need to be careful with their campfires.

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Conservationists seek Legacy money for riverside land, moose habitat

Conservationists seek Legacy money for riverside land, moose habitat

The Trust for Public Land and its partners are seeking $14.5 million from the Legacy Amendment's outdoors fund to buy a 2,000-acre parcel on the south side of the Mississippi River north of Brainerd.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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A wild year for weather

A wild year for weather

Severe drought in Texas and an active hurricane season in the Atlantic are just the latest events in what has already been an active year in meteorology. MPR chief meteorologist Paul Huttner joins Midmorning to discuss what's going on with our weather.
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Karen Himle speaks out about 'Troubled Waters' controversy

The woman at the center of last fall's uproar over the "Troubled Waters" environmental-agricultural documentary at the University of Minnesota has talked about her experience at that time in a speech in Minnetonka.

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