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Energy-use data could help Minnesota cities protect the environment

Energy-use data could help Minnesota cities protect the environment

The project has data from 2008 onward that include vehicle miles traveled, waste generation, water use, and the amount of electricity, natural gas and other fuel being used by everyone within city limits. The 22 cities that have signed up had to agree to make the data public.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Medtronic: What the business press is saying about the Covidien deal

Medtronic: What the business press is saying about the Covidien deal

As Medtronic's announced plan to purchase Irish competitor Covidien reverberates around the medical technology business sector -- and the journalists who cover it -- reaction and analysis has started percolating.

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Shaky estimates on Obama's pollution limits

Shaky estimates on Obama's pollution limits

President Barack Obama's new pollution limits for power plants have set off an avalanche of information about what the rules will cost, how they will affect your health and how far they will go toward curbing climate change.
by The Associated Press

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Senator pushes plan to manage Grand Canyon bison

Senator pushes plan to manage Grand Canyon bison

Arizona Sen. John McCain is pushing an amendment in Congress that would allow anyone who kills bison at the Grand Canyon to keep the meat.
by The Associated Press

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Gypsy moth battle opens in Duluth

Gypsy moth battle opens in Duluth

The insect has defoliated millions of acres of trees over the past several decades as it's slowly migrated from the East Coast to the Midwest. Last year, it gained a foothold in northeast Minnesota along the North Shore.
by Dan Kraker

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Minn. judge backs Enbridge plan to pipe more oil from Canada

The recommendations from Judge Eric Lipman, who concluded that Enbridge has demonstrated the need for the increased capacity, will now go before the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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MPR Top Coast Festival: Ramez Naam & Jon Foley on global environment

MPR Top Coast Festival: Ramez Naam & Jon Foley on global environment

Computer scientist and futurist Ramez Naam speaks with global environment expert Jonathan Foley at MPR's Top Coast Festival about the ways technology can, and can't, address our energy, climate and environmental problems. They say technological innovation is only as good as our political will and the moral judgments of humans allow it to be.

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Minn. program rewards farmers who keep pollutants from waterways

Minn. program rewards farmers who keep pollutants from waterways

A Red River Valley farming operation became the first to be certified under the Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program, which rewards farmers who go the extra mile to reduce pollution.
by Dan Gunderson

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Black flies: Everywhere, looking for a meal (that means you)

Black flies: Everywhere, looking for a meal (that means you)

It's turning out to be quite the year for black flies. Up north, loons are abandoning their eggs. They're fleeing the insects attacking them at their nests. Black fly counts are up too in the metro area. MPR's Phil Picardi spoke with Mike McLean, who's with the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District, about the matter.
by Phil Picardi

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