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Dayton to visit mines to help him decide on PolyMet
The governor wants a firsthand look at both the perils and the promise of the proposed Minnesota mine.
High and dry: A deep dive into the water crisis
From the parched California coast to soaring water bills in New York, this episode of Reveal takes an in-depth look at water issues around the country.
Your daily Earth selfie
The NASA and NOAA Deep Space Climate Observatory bring daily selfies of the Earth to a website near you.
'Tis the season for drunken waxwings
If you look out your back window and see a bird that just doesn't look quite right, it may be a cedar waxwing and it may be drunk.
U.S. Forest Service sued over a bottler's water permit
Nestle pays nearly nothing for the water it bottles as Arrowhead.
U.S. Forest Service sued over a bottler's water permit
Nestle pays nearly nothing for the water it bottles as Arrowhead.
Officials: Emerald ash borer reaches northern Minnesota
Emerald ash borers have been found in Duluth, marking the first discovery of the tree-killing pests in northern Minnesota, state agriculture officials said Friday.
DNR loses fight against zebra mussels in Christmas Lake
Despite "aggressive treatment," zebra mussels continued to reproduce and establish at the Hennepin County lake, the Department of Natural Resources conceded Friday. It's a blow to Minnesota's efforts to defeat the pest.
Transportation and wildlife officials in Minnesota and Wisconsin are working to relocate thousands of threatened bats that have been living under a Mississippi River bridge that's due to be torn down.