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Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

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25 years after Exxon Valdez

25 years after Exxon Valdez

How have events of the past quarter-century changed America's energy future?

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Lead from bullets deadly for scavenging eagles

Lead from bullets deadly for scavenging eagles

The leftovers of deer hunting season can be deadly for eagles as they return to Minnesota in the next few weeks, the Department of Natural Resources warns.

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Food giants like McDonald's want 'sustainable' beef. What's that?

Food giants like McDonald's want 'sustainable' beef. What's that?

McDonald's made a big green splash a few months ago by announcing that it will start buying "verified sustainable" beef in 2016. A chorus of voices responded, "What's 'verified sustainable' beef?" McDonald's, it turns out, is part of a group that's trying to come up with an answer. It's called the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, and its members include some of the biggest names in the beef industry as well as some environmental groups.
by Dan Charles

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Live video: First eaglet has hatched in DNR's webcam nest

Live video: First eaglet has hatched in DNR's webcam nest

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced Tuesday that an eaglet has hatched in the nest of two Twin Cities eagles monitored by a live webcam. Watch the bird and its mother on the DNR's live camera.
by Liala Helal

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Why not just fill up White Bear Lake from one of the rivers?

Why not just fill up White Bear Lake from one of the rivers?

The city of White Bear Lake last week was allowed to join the defense in the lawsuit over the level of the lake, a reminder that the case is simmering along as a mediator tries to help forge an agreement. • Beneath the Surface: Minnesota’s Pending Groundwater Challenge Homeowners and businesses near the shrunken lake Read more →
by Dave Peters

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BP: Oil spill in Lake Michigan has been contained

BP: Oil spill in Lake Michigan has been contained

Sources helping with the cleanup estimate about a dozen barrels of crude spilled into the lake, with some containing what's considered sweet crude oil and some containing oil from Canada's tar sands region.

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DNR extends Mille Lacs night fishing ban to aid walleye recovery

DNR extends Mille Lacs night fishing ban to aid walleye recovery

Fisheries managers are liberalizing the rules for taking northern pike and smallmouth bass in an effort to revive the big lake's struggling walleye population.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Sierra Club threatens to sue Minnesota Power

Sierra Club threatens to sue Minnesota Power

The environmental group says the utility's own data show its Boswell, Taconite Harbor, and Laskin plants have violated standards for particulate emissions more than 10,000 times over the last five years.
by The Associated Press

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In Cold Spring, it's trout vs Lost Trout in tension over water and beer

In Cold Spring, it's trout vs Lost Trout in tension over water and beer

For more than a century the brewery in Cold Spring has drawn increasing amounts of water for its operations from a nearby trout stream. But the state says it's time to stop, so the hunt is on for a new source of water. That's proving difficult.
by Jennifer Vogel

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