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Methane's on the rise, but regulations to stop gas leaks still debated

Methane's on the rise, but regulations to stop gas leaks still debated

Scientists concede that oil and gas production is only partly to blame for the 3 percent surge in the greenhouse gas in the last decade. Obama tightened rules on the industry. Will Trump repeal them?
by Christopher Joyce

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Chronic wasting disease found on central Minnesota farm

Two deer on a central Minnesota deer farm tested positive for chronic wasting disease. They're the fourth and fifth cases discovered this year.
by John Enger

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China says it will shut down ivory trade by end of 2017

China says it will shut down ivory trade by end of 2017

The Chinese government will end the processing and selling of ivory and ivory products by the end of March as it phases out the legal trade, according to a statement released on Friday.
by Associated Press

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2016 was a record-setting warm and wet year

MPR's Phil Picardi reviewed the weather of 2016 with University of Minnesota Climatologist Mark Seeley.
by Mark Seeley

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Wisconsin DNR: Climate change cause debatable

Wisconsin DNR: Climate change cause debatable

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has quietly removed language from its website that said humans and greenhouse gases are the main cause of climate change.
by The Associated Press

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Obama designates two new national monuments in Nevada and Utah

Obama designates two new national monuments in Nevada and Utah

The president used his powers under the 1906 Antiquities Act to create the Bears Ears and Gold Butte national monuments, protecting the areas from future development.
by Nathan Rott

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Seeing problems on the horizon, counties seek delay in buffer law

Seeing problems on the horizon, counties seek delay in buffer law

Minnesota county officials want to delay the state's new buffer law. The law, set to take effect in November 2017, requires strips of permanent vegetation on edge of streams, lakes and some ditches.
by Dan Gunderson

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Third deer with chronic wasting disease found in SE Minnesota

The Department of Natural Resources says a hunter shot the deer in mid-November about 5 miles north of where two previously reported infected deer were killed.
by Associated Press

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