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Volunteers hack, scrape and crawl government websites to save data

Volunteers hack, scrape and crawl government websites to save data

Fear that environmental data could disappear under the Trump administration has spurred hundreds of volunteer researchers, hackers and archivists to start saving federal data on secure, non-government servers.
by Max Nesterak

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Trump ordering review of Obama rule protecting small streams

Trump railed against the water rule during his campaign. Farmers and landowners have also criticized the rule, saying there are already too many government regulations that affect their businesses.
by The Associated Press

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Judge to hear arguments on Dakota Access oil pipeline work

Judge to hear arguments on Dakota Access oil pipeline work

A federal judge will hear arguments Tuesday about whether to stop the final bit of construction on the disputed pipeline, perhaps just days before it could start moving oil.
by The Associated Press

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What's the environmental footprint of a loaf of bread? Now we know

What's the environmental footprint of a loaf of bread? Now we know

New research calculates the greenhouse gas emissions involved in making bread, from wheat field to bakery. The vast majority of emissions come from one step in the process: farming.
by Rhitu Chatterjee

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Science wunderkind urges making science beneficial to humanity

Science wunderkind urges making science beneficial to humanity

Taylor Wilson astounded the science world when he built a bomb at age 10, and at age 14 became the youngest person in history to produce fusion. The young nuclear scientist is still only 22, and he believes science can potentially solve some of the most important problems of our time.
by MPR News Staff

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Dayton administration pushes ambitious renewable energy mandate

Dayton administration pushes ambitious renewable energy mandate

Minnesota would have to generate half its electricity from renewables by 2030 under a mandate proposed today by the Dayton administration, a doubling of the state's current renewable standard.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Fifth-graders turn classroom into a trout fishery

Fifth-graders turn classroom into a trout fishery

The kids have raised hundreds of trout from eggs, and plan to release them in the spring.
by Doualy Xaykaothao

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DNR: Minnesota moose numbers stabilizing after steep decline

DNR: Minnesota moose numbers stabilizing after steep decline

The January moose survey found Minnesota's moose population statistically unchanged from a year ago, the Department of Natural Resources said Monday. That doesn't mean the creatures are out of the woods yet.
by Dan Kraker

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Bird advocates say U.S. Bank stadium is 'most dangerous building'

Bird advocates say U.S. Bank stadium is 'most dangerous building'

The Audubon Society chapter of Minneapolis presented the findings of an informal survey of the area around the stadium, running from August — when the stadium opened — through November.
by Tim Nelson

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Dakota Access oil pipeline could be operating within weeks

Dakota Access oil pipeline could be operating within weeks

Oil could be flowing through the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline in less than two weeks, according to court documents filed by the developer.
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