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Chronic wasting found in 7 deer on Crow Wing Co. farm

Chronic wasting found in 7 deer on Crow Wing Co. farm

Officials moved to close the Merrifield, Minn., operation earlier this year after a wild doe found about a half-mile from the farm tested positive for CWD, increasing concern that the fatal disease had spread.
by MPR News Staff and John Enger

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Dean Phillips' case for a carbon fee to tackle climate change

Dean Phillips' case for a carbon fee to tackle climate change

Rep. Dean Phillips, who represents Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District, announced last month that he's sponsoring the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act.
by Paul Huttner

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Nature is in trouble. Here's why you should care

Nature is in trouble. Here's why you should care

A United Nations report this week estimates that 1 million species are threatened with extinction. "You destroy nature and it's going to bite you back," says one ecologist.
by Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

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Effects of surgery on a warming planet: Can anesthesia go green?

Effects of surgery on a warming planet: Can anesthesia go green?

Anesthesia revolutionized surgery by vanquishing patients' pain. But many of the chemicals are greenhouse gases. One Oregon doctor who has done the math says some are much less damaging to the planet.
by Kristian Foden-Vencil

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A UN report found that nature is in big trouble. Now what?

A UN report found that upwards of a million plants and animals are facing extinction. What can be done to save Earth's species? Tiffany Hanssen fills in for MPR host Kerri Miller.
by Tiffany Hanssen and Jeffrey Bissoy

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Minnesota teens urge climate action at Legislature

Minnesota teens urge climate action at Legislature

More than 100 teenagers rallied outside the Capitol on Friday to urge lawmakers to include a 100 percent clean energy mandate in final bill negotiations.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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