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Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

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Too hot to handle: Study shows Earth's killer heat worsens

Too hot to handle: Study shows Earth's killer heat worsens

Deadly heat waves are bigger killers than previously thought and are going to grow more frequent, according to a new study of fatal heat conditions. Still, those stretches may be less lethal in the future, as people become accustomed to them.
by The Associated Press

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Judge won't allow Trump to be added to pipeline lawsuit

Judge won't allow Trump to be added to pipeline lawsuit

A judge says he's inclined to let a group of individual members of American Indian tribes join a lawsuit over the Dakota Access oil pipeline, but only if they agree to not add President Donald Trump as a defendant.
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Judge: Redo part of analysis for Dakota Access pipeline

Judge: Redo part of analysis for Dakota Access pipeline

A federal judge has handed a lifeline to efforts to block the Dakota Access pipeline, ruling Wednesday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers didn't adequately consider the possible impacts of an oil spill where the pipeline passes under the Missouri River.
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Health chief, 4 others charged with manslaughter in Flint

Nick Lyon was charged with involuntary manslaughter, the highest-ranking member of Gov. Rick Snyder's administration to be snagged in a criminal investigation of Flint's lead-contaminated water.
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Is your well water poisoning you? Better test it

Is your well water poisoning you? Better test it

Homeowners' private drinking water wells are largely exempt from the tight regulation governing municipal water systems. State health officials are concerned dangerous contaminants in well water are going undetected.
by Mark Steil

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Trump administration wants to shrink Bears Ears National Monument

Trump administration wants to shrink Bears Ears National Monument

Whether the new monument, considered sacred to Native Americans, should be abolished or reduced is the first part of a review of national monuments under an executive order by President Trump.
by Kirk Siegler

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Troubled Waters: Trump budget casts Great Lakes cleanup into doubt

Troubled Waters: Trump budget casts Great Lakes cleanup into doubt

The restoration of the St. Louis River that flows past Duluth into Lake Superior is nearly complete, but money for the project -- and dozens of other cleanup efforts across the Great Lakes -- has been zeroed out in the president's budget plan.
by Dan Kraker

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Public tours back on, despite uncertain future for St. Anthony Falls lock and dam

Public tours back on, despite uncertain future for St. Anthony Falls lock and dam

The lock and dam, along with its visitor center, closed to boat traffic in 2015 over fears of spreading the invasive Asian carp. Last summer, the tours resumed through a partnership between a number of agencies and groups.
by Mike Moen

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Trump administration orders review of sage grouse protections

Trump administration orders review of sage grouse protections

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced that the regulations - which have been subject to years of negotiation and controversy in Western states - are once again under review.

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