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U.S. air quality is slipping after years of improvement

U.S. air quality is slipping after years of improvement

Over the last two years the nation had more polluted air days than just a few years earlier, federal data shows. While it remains unclear whether this is the beginning of a trend, health experts say it's troubling to see air quality progress stagnate.
by Associated Press

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Lino Lakes kayaker charged with hunting protected swans

Lino Lakes kayaker charged with hunting protected swans

A 25-year-old Lino Lakes man is facing a half dozen illegal hunting charges after shooting a pair of trumpeter swans in northern Anoka County last year.
by Tim Nelson

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Audio postcard: The flowers of Minnesota's old-growth northern forest

Audio postcard: The flowers of Minnesota's old-growth northern forest

The latest dispatch from wildflower experts Phyllis Root and Kelly Povo comes from the Lost 40, a plot of old-growth red and white pines in the Chippewa National Forest.
by Phil Picardi

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Going 'zero carbon' is all the rage. But will it slow climate change?

Going 'zero carbon' is all the rage. But will it slow climate change?

Cities, states, businesses and electric utilities are setting ambitious goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions. But it's not clear exactly how they'll do that or whether it will actually work.
by Nathan Rott

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Two scientists on impact of climate change in Minnesota

Two scientists on impact of climate change in Minnesota

Scientists Lee Frelich and Gayle Schueller discuss the impact of climate change, particularly in Minnesota.
by MPR News Staff

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Replacing plastic: Can bacteria help us break the habit?

Replacing plastic: Can bacteria help us break the habit?

Entrepreneurs are eager to find substitutes for plastic that naturally degrade. One option is a "natural" plastic made by microbes and then eaten by them. But the process is still in the early days.
by Christopher Joyce

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Fee on water bills to increase next year

Fee on water bills to increase next year

It's part of an effort to address the rising costs of providing safe drinking water. The fee increase from $6.36 to $9.72 per connection takes effect on Jan. 1.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Washington state waterfront owners asked to take dead whales

Washington state waterfront owners asked to take dead whales

So many gray whale carcasses have washed up this year along the Pacific coast that a federal fisheries agency says it has run out of places to take them.
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NOAA: 279 dolphins dead on Gulf Coast, triple usual number

NOAA: 279 dolphins dead on Gulf Coast, triple usual number

At least 279 dolphins have stranded across much of the U.S. Gulf Coast since Feb. 1, triple the usual number, and about 98 percent of them have died, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday.
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