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Trump budget slashes EPA funding, climate change research

Trump budget slashes EPA funding, climate change research

Trump's proposed 2019 budget calls for slashing funding for the Environmental Protection Agency by more than one third, including ending the Climate Change Research and Partnership Programs.
by Associated Press

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Judge delays 3M chemical dumping trial one week

Judge delays 3M chemical dumping trial one week

A judge has issued a one-week delay in a trial scheduled to start next week over the dumping of chemicals that leeched into east metro drinking water.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Unusually cold February but ... it could be worse

It's been a brutally cold start to February, but not the worst February the state has ever seen.
by Cathy Wurzer

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In Duluth, more opposition to PolyMet mine

In Duluth, more opposition to PolyMet mine

About 800 people attended what's expected to be the final public comment meeting on the proposed project. If it's approved it will usher in a new kind of mining in the state, one critics say poses greater environmental threats than the state's existing iron ore industry.
by Dan Kraker

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3M asks for delay in state trial

3M asks for delay in state trial

The Maplewood-based company said it needs time to respond to a report released this week by the Minnesota Department of Health.
by Kirsti Marohn

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EPA head Pruitt sees good in global warming, but experts don't

EPA head Pruitt sees good in global warming, but experts don't

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency is again understating the threat posed by climate change, this time by suggesting that global warming may be a good thing for humanity.
by Associated Press

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Iron Rangers press their case for PolyMet mine

Iron Rangers press their case for PolyMet mine

Hundreds of residents came to Aurora, Minn., Wednesday for a last chance at persuading state officials to approve or kill the controversial mine. Those officials, though, didn't hear much they hadn't heard already. Another hearing is set for today in Duluth.
by Dan Kraker

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