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Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

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Dry and getting drier: What a lack of snowpack means for spring drought trends

Dry and getting drier: What a lack of snowpack means for spring drought trends

Minnesota’s snowpack is far below average, increasing the risk of drought this spring. Experts warn that dry conditions could impact agriculture, fire danger, and waterfowl migration.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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Canada wants new oil pipelines to avoid Trump tariffs; nobody wants to build them

Canada wants new oil pipelines to avoid Trump tariffs; nobody wants to build them

Canada sends 90 percent of oil exports to U.S. refiners. The Canadian government would have to play a significant role in any project to build new oil pipelines in Canada to overcome regulatory, financial and political hurdles and activist opposition, industry experts said.

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Greenpeace faces a $300 million lawsuit after Dakota Access Pipeline protests

Greenpeace faces a $300 million lawsuit after Dakota Access Pipeline protests

The company behind the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline is suing Greenpeace for at least $300 million for damages the oil pipeline company says it suffered from protests in 2016 and 2017.
by Jeff Brady

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Beekeepers say catastrophic honeybee losses are cause for alarm

Beekeepers say catastrophic honeybee losses are cause for alarm

Commercial beekeepers across the country are reporting sudden deaths of honey bee colonies. One industry official called the losses unprecedented.
by Dan Gunderson

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State DNR and U of M partner for elk research project beginning in March

State DNR and U of M partner for elk research project beginning in March

This project is only the second of its kind in Minnesota. This study is more comprehensive than the first, held between 2016-2018, when only adult cows were studied. This new study will include data from bulls, cows and calves. 
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Experts foresee negative ripple effects in termination of USDA scientists in St. Paul lab

Experts foresee negative ripple effects in termination of USDA scientists in St. Paul lab

A team at the U.S Department of Agriculture’s Cereal Disease Lab in St. Paul got notice last week that some of their jobs were getting cut. Experts warn that cutting jobs in this area will harm research and potentially affect the prices of wheat, barley and oats.
by Hannah Yang

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As helium prices balloon, hopes rise that northeast Minnesota has big deposit of the gas

As helium prices balloon, hopes rise that northeast Minnesota has big deposit of the gas

Pulsar Helium is conducting exploratory drilling in northern Minnesota, hoping to confirm a profitable deposit of helium, a valuable gas used to make products from party balloons to semiconductor chips.
by Dan Kraker

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This rare, intelligent species of crow is taking flight in Hawaii again

This rare, intelligent species of crow is taking flight in Hawaii again

Hawaiian crows are extinct in the wild and are found nowhere else on Earth. Now, a small group, safeguarded in captivity, has been released in the forests of Maui.
by Lauren Sommer

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