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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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Eyes under the water: Volunteers help Great Lakes scientists find invasives below

Eyes under the water: Volunteers help Great Lakes scientists find invasives below

For years, researchers have been amassing hundreds of underwater videos of lake bottoms as they gather data from the depths. Now, they've asked volunteers to watch those videos and help them identify invasive species that appear in them.
by Dan Gunderson

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Outside in MN: Make the most of the outdoors this summer

Outside in MN: Make the most of the outdoors this summer

Want to get outside with your family this summer, but not sure where to start? We've got your back with our new app: Outside in MN.
by Tom Crann and Michael Olson

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Puerto Rico harnesses the power of the sun for a renewable energy future

Puerto Rico harnesses the power of the sun for a renewable energy future

Puerto Rico has a plan to rebuild its energy grid and move to 100 percent renewable power by 2050. Many communities are working toward that themselves, without help from the government.
by Greg Allen and Marisa Peñaloza

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