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Douglas Brinkley on the nation's 'first conservation president'

Douglas Brinkley on the nation's 'first conservation president'

Historian Douglas Brinkley calls Theodore Roosevelt "the nation's first conservation president." and said the former president called wilderness and wildlife America's "heirlooms."
by MPR News Staff

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Progress report: President Trump's campaign promises, 2 years later

Progress report: President Trump's campaign promises, 2 years later

At the midpoint of his four-year term, President Trump has delivered on some campaign promises and ignored others, while many are still works in progress.
by Scott Horsley

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Feds urged to extend comment period on mineral leases near Boundary Waters

Feds urged to extend comment period on mineral leases near Boundary Waters

There are only a few more days left to weigh in on the Trump administration's recent proposal to renew two controversial mineral leases on the doorstep of the Boundary Waters.
by Dan Kraker

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Teenage diver finds tons of golf balls rotting off California

Alex Weber discovered more than 50,000 balls in the ocean near coastal California golf courses. When golf balls degrade, as these were doing, they release plastic particles and toxic chemicals.
by Christopher Joyce

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From disease to habitat loss, researchers lay out Minnesota's bleak climate realities

From disease to habitat loss, researchers lay out Minnesota's bleak climate realities

Minnesota lawmakers considering new legislation for reducing greenhouse gas emissions got their second crash course Thursday. This time, it was on all the ways climate change is already harming the state.
by Cody Nelson

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Key Democrat wants answers from EPA on Minnesota mine plan

Key Democrat wants answers from EPA on Minnesota mine plan

U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, a critic of the project, said she found it "remarkable" that the federal agency did not formally weigh in before the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued the final water and air permits for the project last month.
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How Germany got to 40 percent renewable electricity

How Germany got to 40 percent renewable electricity

Emissions are on pace to fall 62 percent from 1990 levels by 2050. That's an unthinkable greenhouse gas reduction pace here in the U.S. But in Germany, many say that's not fast enough.
by Paul Huttner

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Minnesota farmers high on hemp's potential

Minnesota farmers high on hemp's potential

Congress legalized industrial hemp as a crop in the latest farm bill -- and Minnesota farmers and economic development officials are ready to jump into the new industry. Minnesota's hemp program coordinator urges caution as the state breaks new ground.
by Dan Gunderson

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EPA nominee Wheeler says he champions deregulation; Dems call him 'extreme'

EPA nominee Wheeler says he champions deregulation; Dems call him 'extreme'

Acting Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler began his testimony Wednesday over the chants of environmental protesters, who shouted "Shut Down Wheeler" in the committee room and the hallway outside.
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