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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 scientifically improved salmon stokes debate

A scientifically improved salmon stokes debate

The Food and Drug Administration holds hearings next week which could lead to approval of the first genetically modified animal for human consumption. A Massachusetts company wants federal approval to market a genetically engineered salmon but is the verdict still out on whether such foods are safe to eat?

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Who scuttled documentary about Mississippi River pollution?

The University of Minnesota has abruptly canceled the premiere of a film about the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. The film focuses on pollution from farms, golf courses, and other sources in Minnesota and throughout the course of the Mississippi River. Tom Crann talks with environmental reporter Stephanie Hemphill. The film was scheduled to air on Twin Cities Public Television in early October, but the director says she was notified last week that the university's public relations office had cancelled the airdate. Environmental reporter Stephanie Hemphill has been looking into this, and joins me now.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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U of M abruptly cancels 'Troubled Waters' film

The film focuses on pollution from farms, golf courses, and other sources in Minnesota and throughout the course of the Mississippi River. And it offers solutions to the problems.

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How could Minnesota live with climate change?

How could Minnesota live with climate change?

The Clean Water and Climate Adaptation Summit is taking place this week at the University of Minnesota's Landscape Arboretum. National experts join Midday to forecast the changes in natural resources, weather, and animal and human activities that might be needed to adapt to a changing climate.

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Allen: Blown-out Gulf well to be sealed by Sunday

The U.S. government's point man on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill said Wednesday that BP's blown-out well is expected to be permanently sealed and declared dead by Sunday, nearly five months after a rig explosion set off the disaster.

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Red River flood diversion project delayed

The agency on Wednesday said the move is necessary because the impacts downstream from the proposed long-term flood control project are greater than first anticipated.
by Dan Gunderson

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Rep. Oberstar talks pipeline safety

Rep. Oberstar talks pipeline safety

A pair of serious accidents in recent months have raised new questions about the safety of a key part of our nation's infrastructure -- underground energy pipelines. A gas transmission line ruptured in California last week and killed seven. Oil pipelines have sprung leaks in Michigan and Illinois this year -- and both belong to a company with about 1,400 miles of pipeline in Minnesota. The U.S. House Transportation Committee will have a hearing on pipeline safety in Washington D.C. today.
by Cathy Wurzer

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State, federal officials discuss Asian carp plan

A delegation from the Great Lakes region is meeting with Obama administration officials in Washington, D.C., to discuss how to keep Asian carp out of the lakes.

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