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Photos: Immigrant kids jump into Minnesota's outdoor summer culture

Photos: Immigrant kids jump into Minnesota's outdoor summer culture

A Minnesota summer camp is helping connect city kids and children of refugees to the state's outdoor summer culture, often for the first time. It's also altering perceptions about who enjoys the outdoors.
by Christine T. Nguyen

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A fisherman's hope for balance between urban development and natural conservation

A fisherman's hope for balance between urban development and natural conservation

Minneapolis has proposed plans to develop the Mississippi riverfront with affordable housing, innovation hubs and a large outdoor amphitheater. Nicholas Hammer, a northside resident who's continuing a family tradition of fishing the Mississippi, hopes it can be done while protecting the beauty in and around the river.
by Gabriel Kwan

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Plastic has a big carbon footprint -- but that isn't the whole story

Plastic has a big carbon footprint -- but that isn't the whole story

Plastic waste litters cities, oceans and even the air. Largely overlooked is how making plastic affects the environment. Plastic is a big contributor to global warming. So are its alternatives.
by Christopher Joyce

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23 U.S. governors join Calif. in opposing Trump mileage freeze

23 U.S. governors join Calif. in opposing Trump mileage freeze

The commitment underscores prospects for years of legal challenges and regulatory uncertainty for automakers if the Trump administration moves ahead on the mileage freeze over objections from California and other states.
by The Associated Press

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How a grocery store's plan to shame customers into using reusable bags backfired

How a grocery store's plan to shame customers into using reusable bags backfired

A Canadian grocery store put embarrassing slogans, such as "Wart Ointment Wholesale" and "Into the Weird Adult Video Emporium," on plastic bags to get customers to use reusable shopping bags. Instead, people began flocking to the market, paying 5 cents each in hopes of collecting the designs.
by Serena McMahon

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When everybody wants a piece of 'God's country'

When everybody wants a piece of 'God's country'

The Trump administration plans to open up parts of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument to more mining and grazing. It's become a flashpoint in the grab for public lands.
by Kirk Siegler and Claire Heddles

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On hot days, thrill-seekers flock to Stearns County's Quarry Park

On hot days, thrill-seekers flock to Stearns County's Quarry Park

The Travel Channel named Quarry Park to its list of top 10 swimming holes in the United States in 2016. The park is also popular in the summer for hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing, scuba diving and geocaching.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Upstream landowners see hope in Red River diversion delay

Upstream landowners see hope in Red River diversion delay

For people living upstream of Fargo-Moorhead, flood control for those cities has a personal cost, and they are holding onto hope that the latest legal twist will save their land.
by Dan Gunderson

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A day's work on Delhi's mountain of trash

A day's work on Delhi's mountain of trash

It's almost as tall as the Taj Mahal. It smolders and festers. And it's a source of income for slum dwellers nearby.
by Lauren Frayer

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