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How Reddit helped find a graffiti artist who defaced National Parks

How Reddit helped find a graffiti artist who defaced National Parks

When a serial graffiti artist left her mark around national parks, hiking and nature lovers took to Reddit to find the vandalizer. The culprit was recently sentenced and banned from federal lands.
by Justina Vasquez

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'They made it worse': Michigan sues 2 companies over Flint crisis

'They made it worse': Michigan sues 2 companies over Flint crisis

Two corporations that were hired to assist Flint and advise on handling the water crisis are now accused of negligence, and officials say the damages could reach hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Dayton vows to appeal court's ruling against coal power law

A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's decision last week that barred Minnesota from enforcing key sections of the Next Generation Energy Act. The court sided with North Dakota utilities and other interests that argued illegally regulates out-of-state utilities.
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Federal judge strikes down Obama administration's fracking rules

Federal judge strikes down Obama administration's fracking rules

A U.S. judge in Wyoming said the Bureau of Land Management can't regulate hydraulic fracturing -- because more than a decade ago, Congress specifically excluded fracking from federal oversight.

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Waukesha unanimously granted access to Great Lakes water

Waukesha unanimously granted access to Great Lakes water

Waukesha will become the first city located entirely outside of the Great Lakes watershed that's allowed to tap the lakes for drinking water.
by Dan Kraker

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Silicon Valley's bloody plant burger smells, tastes and sizzles like meat

Silicon Valley's bloody plant burger smells, tastes and sizzles like meat

Impossible Foods took a high-tech approach to creating a meat-free burger that replicates the real thing. It's all designed to tempt carnivores to eat less meat. And it's set to hit restaurants soon.
by Lindsey Hoshaw

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Minnesota's air quality: What you need to know

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued a few air quality warnings already for 2016. Tom Weber talked with two guests about what that means, and whether we're likely to see more.
by MPR News Staff

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Fish have feelings, too: the inner lives of our 'underwater cousins'

Fish have feelings, too: the inner lives of our 'underwater cousins'

Jonathan Balcombe, author of What A Fish Knows, says that fish have a conscious awareness -- or "sentience" -- that allows them to experience pain, recognize individual humans and have memory.

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