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Heating and cooling our homes and buildings in Minnesota contribute about 40 percent of our state’s greenhouse gas emissions. What opportunity exists to reduce our carbon footprint by updating our building codes?MPR News correspondent Dan Krake
A scientist at the University of Minnesota may have found a better way to track the effects of climate change on Arctic and boreal regions like northern Minnesota where temperatures are rising at some of the fastest rates in the world. Rui Chen
Renewable energy sources provided 33 percent of Minnesota’s electricity last year, which is 10 percent higher than the national average according to a new report. So, what’s next for Minnesota’s clean energy transition?Amelia Cerling Hennes, ma
“I’m sorry we broke the sea and sky and shortened the wings of the nightingale. I’m sorry that the Great Barrier Reef is no longer great, that we value Amazon much more than the Amazon.”Those are the words of CNN’s chief climate correspondent B
Hurricanes are getting so strong that some scientists say we should add a Category 6 to the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale.That’s out of a recent study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences looking at the link between s
A recent study shows nearly 15 percent of Americans “do not believe in climate change.”So, what drives climate denialism in the U.S.?Joshua Newell is a professor and co-director of the Center for Sustainable Systems. He was one of the authors o
Electric vehicle dealers right here in Minnesota are using different strategies to convince prospective buyers from different political affiliations.
A new paper shows increasing global average temperatures and more intense and frequent heat waves are already driving up the prices of food and other goods.To talk more about climate change and inflation is the lead author of that research, Max
Earth’s oceans have been reaching record-warm temperatures. Every day for the last 12 months.What is happening? How much is climate change driving the temperature spike? And how concerned are climate scientists?University of St. Thomas Professo
More than 25 percent of Minnesota’s electricity now comes from renewable sources like wind and solar.Despite the progress and growth of green energy, there’s still a backlog of projects waiting approval is slowing the growth of clean energy in
Minnesota’s warmest winter on record was literally off the charts in several metrics. Just how unique was this winter? And how is our shifting climate impacting our daily weather forecasts?Pete Boulay is with the Minnesota State Climatologist O
The warmest winter on record has also brought some of the lowest snow cover on record to much of Minnesota.What does the lack of snow mean for Minnesota’s soils and farmers this year?Jeff Strock is a professor with the University of Minnesota S
Well-known climate scientist Michael Mann recently won a million-dollar lawsuit against conservative bloggers.Mann alleged that he was defamed by the bloggers who said the climatologist “molested and tortured data.”So what precedent could this
Locals in the Galapagos say climate change and the current Super El Niño could be affecting the marine life and climate there.The Galapagos Islands sit on the Equator in the eastern Pacific Ocean, just west of Ecuador at the confluence of three
Minnesota’s first-ever “green bank” launches this year. The Minnesota Climate Innovation Finance Authority will distribute funding for green energy and other climate-friendly projects. The first projects from the $45 million pool could be funde
A proposed carbon capture pipeline across the Midwest by Summit Carbon Solutions is awaiting approval from Iowa and other states. Minnesota approved the permit for it last year.The five-state, $5.5 billion pipeline system would capture carbon d
Last year was by far the warmest year on record globally. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and European datasets all confirm the numbers. That means the 10 warmest
Minnesota officials have set an ambitious goal for the state to be carbon-neutral by 2050.And our Getting to Green series has been digging deep into stories of the clean energy transition. What opportunities and obstacles lie on the path to rea
A housing project that tackles homelessness, poverty, and climate change all in one.That’s the goal of Hillcrest Village in Northfield, Minnesota. It’s an emergency shelter and supportive housing development – powered entirely by the sun.Scott
Anyone getting gas and electricity service in Minneapolis will see an estimated one dollar increase in their bills come next year.The money from the slight hike is meant to go towards helping people weatherize their homes and programs to reduce
A major focus of this year’s global climate summit, COP28 or the Conference of the Parties, is the Loss and Damage Fund which was established at last year’s conference.The idea behind it is for developed nations to financially compensate develo
The United Nations 28th global climate conference, also known as COP28, just wrapped up in Dubai.And this year a group of 20 students from the College of St. Benedict and Saint John’s University got to observe the heated discussions about clima
The fifth National Climate Assessment came out last week. It’s an important report that lays out the impacts of climate change across the U.S.In it this year is a chapter on the specific ways climate change affects indigenous communities — and
10 percent of U.S. transportation greenhouse gas emissions come from plane travel according to the Environmental Protection Agency. But a first-of-its kind initiative is looking to slash those numbers by creating a hub to scale the production o
Insurance losses from climate-enhanced extreme weather disasters are changing the insurance landscape. And this week, several groups have sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and the Financial Stability Oversight Council to call for
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