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Groups pressure MnDOT to halt tree cutting along Lake Country Scenic Byway

Groups pressure MnDOT to halt tree cutting along Lake Country Scenic Byway

Highway resurfacing projects pose a temporary inconvenience but are not usually all that controversial. But a section of Highway 34 in norther Minnesota, the Minnesota Department of Transportation is also cutting trees as part of its repaving plan. Locals are not happy.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alanna Elder

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Winter Play: The anticipation, anguish and magic of ice dipping

Winter Play: The anticipation, anguish and magic of ice dipping

As MPR News staff fanned out across the state to experience cold weather activities they had never tried for the Winter Play series, Regina Medina and Elizabeth Shockman took a transformative plunge in Lake Harriet.
by Regina Medina and Elizabeth Shockman

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Meet the people safeguarding the sacred forests and lagoons of West Africa

Meet the people safeguarding the sacred forests and lagoons of West Africa

In parts of West Africa, communities have designated biodiversity hotspots sacred and measure their value by the peace of mind they provide, rather than in dollars and cents.
by Ricci Shryock

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An unusually high number of whales are washing up on U.S. beaches

An unusually high number of whales are washing up on U.S. beaches

The unexpected deaths are hitting humpbacks and North Atlantic right whales on the East Coast and gray whales on the West Coast — populations that were already under watch.
by Bill Chappell

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Gas stove makers have a pollution solution. They're just not using it

Gas stove makers have a pollution solution. They're just not using it

Gas utilities and cooking stove manufacturers knew for decades that burners could be made that emit less pollution in homes, but they chose not to. That may be about to change.
by Jeff Brady

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Land next to St. Anthony Falls could return to Dakota tribes

Land next to St. Anthony Falls could return to Dakota tribes

The nonprofit Friends of the Falls has unveiled early design concepts for creating a place of restoration, healing and connection to the water on the downtown Minneapolis site.
by Kirsti Marohn

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