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Environmental, nuclear worries force Prairie Island tribe to seek new lands

Environmental, nuclear worries force Prairie Island tribe to seek new lands

Long-standing concerns about flooding and the nearby nuclear plant have led Prairie Island to seek property inland from the tribe’s ancestral Mississippi River home. It’s a journey that carries hope and pain.
by Catharine Richert

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Beans for breakfast: Egg replacement innovation puts western MN on the protein map

Beans for breakfast: Egg replacement innovation puts western MN on the protein map

A California company that aims to disrupt the food industry is bringing a key part of its operation to western Minnesota — and the acquisition of a small, family-owned business could be a big economic boost for the small city of Appleton.
by Dan Gunderson

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Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time 'person of the year'

Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time 'person of the year'

"For sounding the alarm about humanity's predatory relationship with the only home we have, for bringing to a fragmented world a voice that transcends backgrounds and borders, for showing us all what it might look like when a new generation leads, Greta Thunberg is TIME's 2019 Person of the Year," the magazine said.
by The Associated Press

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Exxon wins New York climate change case

Exxon wins New York climate change case

New York's Attorney General argued that the oil giant misled shareholders about the financial risks from climate change.
by Laurel Wamsley

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Court rejects Minnesota's renewal of U.S. Steel mine permit

Court rejects Minnesota's renewal of U.S. Steel mine permit

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has reversed a decision by state regulators to renew a wastewater permit for U.S. Steel's Minntac iron mine in northeastern Minnesota.
by The Associated Press

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