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Pope blasts climate change doubters, cites moral duty to act

Pope blasts climate change doubters, cites moral duty to act

Pope Francis has sharply criticized climate change doubters, saying history will judge those who failed to take the necessary decisions to curb heat-trapping emissions blamed for the warming of the Earth.
by The Associated Press

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Judge halts work on $2.1 billion Red River diversion project

Judge halts work on $2.1 billion Red River diversion project

The diversion plan calls for a large levee to be built south of Fargo-Moorhead to hold back flood waters from the Red River and divert them into a 30-mile-long channel around the cities
by Dan Gunderson

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Color coated: DNR expects a glorious Minnesota fall leaf season

Color coated: DNR expects a glorious Minnesota fall leaf season

Stop complaining about all that summer rain. It's about to help deliver a spectacular fall, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said Thursday as it launched its seasonal fall color finder map.
by MPR News Staff

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Hunters sour on Trump's interior secretary over public lands review

Hunters sour on Trump's interior secretary over public lands review

Though Ryan Zinke promised to bring a balanced vision to managing public lands, hunters and other sportsmen now feel that he's not listening to their concerns.
by Kirk Siegler

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Farmers, beekeepers put aside differences to aid bees

Farmers, beekeepers put aside differences to aid bees

A new pilot project in North Dakota aims to get past frequent finger-pointing between beekeepers and farmers.
by Dan Gunderson

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Slow year for West Nile, but that could change

Slow year for West Nile, but that could change

Fewer cases of West Nile were reported in Minnesota this summer compared to last year, but health officials say people should still be take precautions against mosquitoes.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Minn. pheasant numbers plummet as rural habitat disappears

Minn. pheasant numbers plummet as rural habitat disappears

Minnesota's pheasant population fell dramatically in the past year, the result of an ongoing decline in nesting areas as farmers pull land from conservation programs and into crop production, the DNR said Tuesday.
by MPR News Staff

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Toxic waste sites flooded; EPA not on scene

Toxic waste sites flooded; EPA not on scene

Long a center of the nation's petrochemical industry, the Houston metro area has more than a dozen such Superfund sites, designated by the EPA as being among America's most intensely contaminated places.
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