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Access to Apostle Islands ice caves unlikely this winter

Access to Apostle Islands ice caves unlikely this winter

Despite near total ice coverage on Lake Superior, National Park Service officials say it's getting less and less likely the ice caves in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore will be accessible to the public this winter.
by Dan Kraker

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Enbridge pushes Line 3 timeline back a year

Enbridge pushes Line 3 timeline back a year

Enbridge had said throughout the permitting process that the line would be in service by the end of 2019. But the company said Friday that it now doesn't expect the new pipeline to enter service until the second half of 2020.
by MPR News Staff

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Xcel Energy, others push changes to state's community solar program

Xcel Energy, others push changes to state's community solar program

Xcel says the program, which allows residents and businesses to subscribe to solar gardens rather than buy panels for their own property, is too expensive.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Water Gremlin to pay $7 million settlement for air pollution

Water Gremlin to pay $7 million settlement for air pollution

A Minnesota manufacturer has agreed to pay a settlement totaling more than $7 million for air quality violations.
by Matt Sepic

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Meet the White House's new chief climate change skeptic

Meet the White House's new chief climate change skeptic

William Happer, a Princeton scientist who is doubtful of the dangers of climate change, appears to be leading a White House challenge to the government's conclusion that global warming is a threat.
by Dan Charles

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Scientists shocked by rare, giant sunfish washed up on California beach

Scientists shocked by rare, giant sunfish washed up on California beach

They initially thought it was a type of fish known to swim near Santa Barbara. But by collaborating with Australian scientists, they found it was a species never before documented in North America.

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Mpls. council to vote on Upper Harbor Terminal plan, some say it's too soon

Mpls. council to vote on Upper Harbor Terminal plan, some say it's too soon

The Minneapolis City Council is expected to vote Friday on a plan to develop land north of downtown on the Mississippi River. But some north Minneapolis residents don't agree with some parts of the plan and feel ignored in the process.
by Gabriel Kwan

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Minn. snowfall records might be aided by climate change

Minn. snowfall records might be aided by climate change

Record snow amid climate change might seem paradoxical. But overall increases in snowfall and larger individual storms align with what climate models predict will happen as the planet warms.
by Paul Huttner and Cody Nelson

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Tribe says Army Corps' Dakota Access pipeline findings preordained

Tribe says Army Corps' Dakota Access pipeline findings preordained

The Native American tribe leading the fight against the Dakota Access oil pipeline said Thursday that an Army Corps of Engineers document shows the agency concluded the pipeline won't unfairly affect tribes before it consulted them.
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All that February snow spells higher spring flood risk

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued its initial spring flood outlook for the Minnesota, Upper Mississippi, and western Wisconsin river basins, showing a higher than usual flood potential.
by Cathy Wurzer

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