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The latest on proposed oil pipeline in northern Minnesota

State regulators will decide Thursday whether to consider alternatives to the proposed oil pipeline in northern Minnesota.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Fond du Lac Band wants EPA to impose tougher air quality rules

If the EPA approves the request, the band will become only the sixth tribe nationwide to achieve the status, Fond du Lac Air Program Coordinator Alex Jackson said.
by Dan Kraker

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State agencies, citizens ask for alternatives to Enbridge Sandpiper route

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has said other routes as well as alternatives to the project should be considered, and MPCA officials disagree with the state Department of Commerce on how the route question should be handled.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Aspen Ideas Festival: Solving the Carbon Problem Together

Aspen Ideas Festival: Solving the Carbon Problem Together

Roger Sant says our carbon pollution problem can be solved with proper regulations and market incentives, and we need to make sure it's not FREE to pollute. Hear some history of our successes and failures in addressing energy and pollution problems. Roger Sant says energy conservation was considered almost anti-American in the 70's, but we learned back then, and since, that our country's biggest energy and pollution problems can only be solved with tenacity.

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U of M flushes toilets with rainwater

New student housing at the University of Minnesota includes a system for collecting stormwater from the roof and using it to flush the toilets for 600 students.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Do fish have ears? Frequencies used to stop the spread of Asian carp

Do fish have ears? Frequencies used to stop the spread of Asian carp

Researchers at the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Center at the University of Minnesota recently unveiled what they hope will be a potent weapon against the spread of Asian carp.
by Tom Crann

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Wild pangolin: We're eating the rare mammal into exctinction

Wild pangolin: We're eating the rare mammal into exctinction

Once a supplemental protein source for people in rural villages, it has become a luxury food for newly-rich urbanites, prized precisely because it must be caught in the wild.
by Jon Fasman

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Researchers to conduct first survey of Minnesota's native bees

Researchers to conduct first survey of Minnesota's native bees

For years, scientists have studied honeybees to assess the connection between their declining population and the use of pesticides, declining habitat and disease. But until recently, they paid little attention to Minnesota's native bees.
by Dan Gunderson

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Minnesota starts to think about re-using wastewater

Minnesota starts to think about re-using wastewater

Treated sewage water is getting used again in a few places, watering golf courses, washing trucks and sweeping streets. The economics in a water-rich state make for slow change, but those who have tried it think it could be a way of the future.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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