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Jonathan Foley on food, water and the global environment

Jonathan Foley on food, water and the global environment

On Earth Day, and the first day of MPR's Water Month, global scientist Jonathan Foley gives a Chautauqua Lecture on the ways our current system of food production damages water and the environment, and discusses his controversial National Geographic cover story. Formerly of the U of M, Foley is now head of the California Academy of Sciences.

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What will Volkswagen do for its diesel customers?

What will Volkswagen do for its diesel customers?

Some car owners could get a cash payment of $5,000; others could receive an offer to buy their car back, according to early reports on a possible deal with U.S. regulators.

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Climate change? Some people may not be sweating it because the weather is nicer

Climate change? Some people may not be sweating it because the weather is nicer

Researchers say climate change has made weather more pleasant in many parts of the U.S. Winters have been milder, and summers haven't become much hotter. But that's likely to change in coming years.
by Christopher Joyce

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Dayton offers advice to House GOP, Bernie Sanders

The governor called on House Republicans to "get real" on the state budget. He also said it's time for Democrats to unite behind Hillary Clinton.
by Tim Pugmire

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3 face criminal charges over Flint water crisis

3 face criminal charges over Flint water crisis

Two Michigan Department of Environmental Quality employees and a Flint water official are being charged with misconduct, neglect of duty and tampering with evidence over the city's contaminated water.
by Doreen McCallister

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Meeting paves the way for PolyMet permit applications

Meeting paves the way for PolyMet permit applications

About 400 people attended the public meeting, an event the company's CEO called a major milestone in its more than decade-long effort to open the state's first copper-nickel mine.
by Dan Kraker

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PolyMet supporters, critics expected at permit info meeting

PolyMet supporters, critics expected at permit info meeting

This is the first public meeting on PolyMet since the DNR signed off on the decade-long environmental review of the proposed mine last month.
by Dan Kraker

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