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Across rural Minnesota, water woes threaten to choke small town growth

Across rural Minnesota, water woes threaten to choke small town growth

A rural Minnesota research group is suggesting that water availability is becoming an economic bottleneck and that development is being threatened by a need to re-build water and sewage systems around the state.
by Dave Peters

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Two Harbors fined over wastewater spill in Lake Superior

In addition to a $19,000 fine, the city also has to install sand filters at its treatment plant to remove mercury from its effluent.
by Dan Kraker

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Drinking from a limestone quarry in Burnsville and Savage

Drinking from a limestone quarry in Burnsville and Savage

Burnsville and Savage find a water solution that preserves a sensitive environmental area and gives some assurance for a long-time supply of drinking water.
by Dave Peters

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Franken to push for oil train safety measures

Franken to push for oil train safety measures

The increased frequency of crude oil shipments on the railroads risk more accidents like the explosion that occurred west of Fargo in December, the senator said.
by Dan Gunderson

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New exhibit looks at the controversial genius of John James Audubon

New exhibit looks at the controversial genius of John James Audubon

John James Audubon set out in the early 1800s with the goal of painting every bird of America, life-sized and in color, and then publishing his work. "Given that he was basically a shopkeeper on the American frontier, to have this idea was kind of ridiculous," said Don Luce, curator of "Audubon and the Art of Birds" running at the University of Minnesota's Bell Museum of Natural History through June 8.
by MPR News Staff

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Global warming's 'evil twin': acid oceans

Global warming's 'evil twin': acid oceans

Carbon raises acid levels and threatens the food chain.

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Pipeline leaks production fluid in western ND

About 560 barrels of production fluid have leaked from a pipeline into a drainage system in western North Dakota.
by The Associated Press

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Restrictions on open burning take effect

Restrictions on open burning take effect Monday across a swath of central Minnesota.
by Dan Gunderson

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