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Digging deep to predict spring floods

Digging deep to predict spring floods

A wide-ranging sampling of the snowpack around the region started Monday morning, which will provide the National Weather Service and other weather observers with key information as they determine whether record snowfalls around the region will turn into spring floods.
by Tim Nelson

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BWCA online permitting relaunched; frustrations remain

BWCA online permitting relaunched; frustrations remain

The U.S. Forest Service on Monday restarted its system for people to get Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness permits, but some users are reporting problems with the reworked online reservation system.
by John Enger

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For the few who heat homes with coal, it's still king

For the few who heat homes with coal, it's still king

Nearly 130,000 homes in the U.S. still burn coal for heat. Despite decades of decline and concerns about climate change, companies in the coal home-heating business are optimistic about the future.
by Jeff Brady

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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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