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July 12, 2017 7:03 AM

House panel to consider bill preserving Great Lakes cleanup

A House appropriations subcommittee is scheduled to consider a bill that includes $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

by The Associated Press

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July 11, 2017 8:57 AM

Reading, writing and fracking? What the oil industry teaches Oklahoma students

Oklahoma's oil industry is spending millions on science lessons for public schools. But environmentalists say omitting climate change leaves students unprepared.

by Joe Wertz

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July 11, 2017 4:00 AM

After Supreme Court victory, peat mine proposal's fate in DNR's hands

A site where Hawkes Company hopes to mine peat has been deemed to have high biodiversity significance, meaning it would need to be restored to equivalent or better habitat.

by Dan Gunderson

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July 11, 2017 4:00 AM

The fight for Native fishing rights in Minn., Wis.

A 1983 U.S. Supreme Court decision ensuring that Native Americans in Wisconsin had the right to spearfish was met with raucous protests. The same would soon follow in Minnesota.

by Jim Bickal and Sara Porter

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July 10, 2017 3:50 PM

Watch: Franken, Letterman take on climate change

For Sen. Franken, it's an effort to "fight back" against the creeping apathy and disregard toward science and climate change.

by The Associated Press

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July 10, 2017 6:38 AM

While corals die along the Great Barrier Reef, humans struggle to adjust

It's the world's biggest coral reef system, home to some 400 types of coral. In the past 18 months, rising ocean temperatures helped cause the single greatest loss of coral ever recorded there.

by Rob Schmitz

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July 10, 2017 6:24 AM

Nolan gets hearing on bill to push through PolyMet land swap

U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan gets a hearing this week on his bill to push through a land exchange needed for the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota.

by The Associated Press

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July 8, 2017 10:48 AM

G-20 shut Trump out on climate, strike deal on trade

The final statement of the Group of 20 summit underlined that other countries and the European Union supported the Paris climate agreement rejected by Trump.

by Associated Press

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July 7, 2017 6:21 AM

France plans to ban sale of diesel and gas vehicles by 2040

Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot announced a range of ambitious plans on Thursday that also include banning oil and gas drilling and doing away with coal-powered plants.