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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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In Copenhagen, Obama offers no new emmissions cuts

In Copenhagen, Obama offers no new emmissions cuts

A diplomatic frenzy enveloped the final day of the U.N. climate conference Friday, with President Barack Obama meeting privately with China's premier as world leaders pressed to salvage a global warming accord amid deep divisions between rich and poor nations.

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Evaluating Obama's first year in office

Evaluating Obama's first year in office

National Public Radio's Juan Williams joins Midday to discuss what President Barack Obama has accomplished, and where he's fallen short, during the first year of his presidency.

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Students looking for climate change solutions in Copenhagen

Minnesota is well-represented at the United Nations Climate Change Conference currently underway in Copenhagen. Among those from Minnesota is a group of college students working on a documentary about solutions to global warming.

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Crucial power lines meant for Big Stone II still an option

The Big Stone II power plant is dead, but at least one part of the project may live on. There is interest in building the power lines planned for the abandoned coal plant project in eastern South Dakota and those lines could be crucial to the wind power industry.
by Mark Steil

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