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Environmental News

MPR News is your source for environment news from Minnesota and across the country.

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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Listen to Climate Cast, the MPR News podcast all about our changing climate and its impact in Minnesota and worldwide.

St. Paul heat and power facility pays $55,000 to resolve air quality violations

The companies involved in supplying heat to most of the buildings in downtown St. Paul by burning wood waste have paid $55,000 to resolve alleged violations of their air quality permit, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency announced Friday.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Highlights of news from Minnesota Today

American Crystal Farmers are keeping mum over a worker lockout. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is promoting a new biofuels initiative. And heated debate is breaking out over a proposed no-wake zone in Sterns County.

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America's addiction to coal

America's addiction to coal

A special rebroadcast of the American RadioWorks documentary, "Power and Smoke: A Nation Built on Coal." It looks at the roots of America's reliance on coal, and shows how our fuel choices changed American culture and history.

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