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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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Air quality alert through Saturday

The MPCA has issued an air pollution alert for the southern half of the state, including the Twin Cities, Rochester and Marshall, through late Saturday.
by Madeleine Baran

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23 Minn schools get grants for cutting carbon

Twenty-three public high schools, colleges and universities across Minnesota are receiving grants for projects designed to cut their carbon footprints.

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Minn. trains 'first detectors' to spot tree pests

Minnesota is offering another round of workshops to teach tree care workers and others the basics of how to tell destructive tree pests such as the emerald ash border from harmless lookalikes.

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Air pollution alert made for southern Minn.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air pollution alert for the southern half of the state, including the Twin Cities, Rochester and Marshall.

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Minn. DNR sees common violations by ice anglers

Minnesota's conservation officers have been patrolling the state's frozen lakes for more than a month now, and they're seeing some patterns of violations by ice anglers.

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