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Conservation and big business in Minnesota

In the cap and trade legislation, any entity that emits large amounts of greenhouse gases would have to have a permit for each ton of gas it emits. That's got energy-intensive industries worried. But many of them, like 3M in Hutchinson and Great River Energy in Maple Grove have already been reducing their energy use.

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