By Taylor Kate Brown for Grist.Broadcast version by Mark Moran for Alaska News Service reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration When Kira Roberts moved to Juneau, Alaska, last summer, she immediately noticed how the town of 31,000 changes when the cruise ships dock each morning. Thousands of people pour in, only to vanish by evening. As the season winds down in fall, the parade of buses driving through her neighborhood slows, and the trails near her home and the vast Mendenhall Glacier no longer teem with tourists. .
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In the future, clean energy projects in Minnesota might come together more quickly, since state lawmakers have advanced a permitting reform measure. The policy effort gained steam throughout the legislative session, with final negotiations playing out late last week. Researchers say Minnesota s current permitting process for solar projects used to take an average of 300 days - now it s nearly 550. .
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