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Copper mine study forecasts 30 years of profits, 850 jobs

Copper mine study forecasts 30 years of profits, 850 jobs

The Twin Metals project, a joint effort of Duluth Metals and Chilean mining giant Antofagasta, would be one of the largest underground mines in the United States, near the southern edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
by Dan Kraker

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Urban farms build resilience within Singapore's fragile food system

Urban farms build resilience within Singapore's fragile food system

Singapore may be one of the most affluent countries in the world, but it depends heavily on others for basic foodstuffs. A new crop of farmers is trying to change that.
by Maureen Pao

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DNR won't expand hunting in protected areas

The areas are protected because they contain rare native plants and undisturbed shorelines.
by MPR News Staff

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State must explain hog farm water permit decision

Last year the Gourley Brothers company applied for and received a permit that would allow its farm to pump up to eight million gallons of groundwater a year. Neighbors who oppose the large feedlot say the Department of Natural Resources didn't do its homework before issuing the permit
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Fighting invasive fish with forks and knives

Fighting invasive fish with forks and knives

Add kitchen knives to the list of weapons that humans are using to fight invasive species.
by Bonny Wolf

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Twin Cities environmentalists join fight over Cargill's Arkansas hog operations

Twin Cities environmentalists join fight over Cargill's Arkansas hog operations

Some of the anger over the facility comes from the fact that it's located on a tributary just six miles from the Buffalo River, an area they gets special protection from the National Park Service.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Good buzz: U researchers find hope in the thriving urban bee

Good buzz: U researchers find hope in the thriving urban bee

Rooftop bees here hold important clues to the long-term health of the bee population in Minnesota, one of the nation's top honey producing states. The trends appear to show that survival rates and honey production for urban and suburban bees outpace their cousins in farm country, where swaths of bee habitat once flush with nectar and pollen-rich plants have been plowed under.
by Dan Olson

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