Protests continued at the Twin Cities campus of the University of Minnesota Monday after the U called for buildings along Northrop Mall to close at 2 p.m. And a new report released Tuesday finds that Minnesota continues to outpace the nation in transitioning from fossil fuels to carbon-free sources of electricity.

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