Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz comes to Eau Claire since Congressman Derrick Van Orden seems to have difficulty finding it on a map. And in this week’s Climate Check, the debate over the transition from fossil fuels and whether a “bridge” like natural gas is enough of an improvement on coal before embracing solar or wind.

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