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Appeals court upholds DNR decision to deny permit to bear researcher

Appeals court upholds DNR decision to deny permit to bear researcher

But researcher Lynn Rogers is claiming partial victory, saying the ruling allows him to once again place cameras in bear dens to broadcast the hibernating animals over the Internet.
by Dan Kraker

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Report ties Twin Cities deaths, illnesses to pollution

Report ties Twin Cities deaths, illnesses to pollution

A report finds that two forms of air pollution contributed to thousands of deaths and hundreds of hospital stays in 2008.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Community solar coming to Xcel Energy customers

Community solar coming to Xcel Energy customers

Xcel Energy customers will soon be able to receive power from community solar gardens. After a concerted effort by the utility to limit them, they will come online soon.
by Martin Moylan

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Wildfires in Canada and Alaska drive thousands from homes

Wildfires in Canada and Alaska drive thousands from homes

Thousands of fires are burning in the continent's northwest, sending smoke as far as Tennessee. Some blame a brewing El Nino for the unprecedented start to the season; others point to climate change.
by Nathan Rott

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Buzz kill for bumblebees: Climate change is shrinking their range

Buzz kill for bumblebees: Climate change is shrinking their range

Wild bees are some of nature's busiest pollinators of crops and flowers. But new evidence suggests a warming climate is squeezing the bounds of where bumblebees can live.
by Dan Charles

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Zebra mussels found in metro lake

Zebra mussels found in metro lake

Forest Lake is the fourth Minnesota Lake with newly discovered zebra mussels in 2015.
by Riham Feshir

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Groups petition for protection of moose in Midwest

Groups petition for protection of moose in Midwest

The Center of Biological Diversity and Honor the Earth have filed a legal petition for protection under the federal Endangered Species Act.
by John Enger

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Polygamists ask South Dakota for more water

Seth Jeffs, the brother of imprisoned sect leader Warren Jeffs, has asked to double the amount of water available at the compound.
by The Associated Press

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Has deadly water amoeba found a home in Minnesota?

Has deadly water amoeba found a home in Minnesota?

The Centers for Disease Control and Minnesota Department of Health are reviewing lab tests on a child who contracted a life-threatening brain infection that officials suspect is linked to Naegleria fowleri amoeba.
by Lorna Benson

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