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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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A future of scarce water

A future of scarce water

Americans are used to having water that is clean, plentiful, and cheap. But a new book argues that everything about water is about to change, from how we use it to how we value it.

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Officials plan monitoring to keep carp from lakes

Officials plan monitoring to keep carp from lakes

Federal and state officials outlined a series of projects Monday to pinpoint how far Asian carp have advanced toward the Great Lakes and remove as many as possible from a Chicago waterway that offers the nuisance fish a direct path to Lake Michigan.

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Newsmaker: A spring of violent storms

Newsmaker: A spring of violent storms

While North Minneapolis cleans up, residents of Joplin, Missouri are recovering from the deadliest tornado to hit the U.S. since 1953. And Alabama is still reeling from April's devastating storms. Midmorning talks with a meteorologist about the intensity of the storms that have rocked parts of the country.

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DNR: Dam funding cut could let Asian carp spread

A Minnesota House committee has eliminated funding to rebuild a dam that officials say is the best option for stopping the spread of invasive Asian carp up the Mississippi River into many of the central and northern lakes.

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