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Air pollution alert expanded in eastern Minn.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has expanded its air pollution advisory and has now put the eastern two-thirds of the state under an air pollution health alert.

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Frozen lakes, deep winter take a toll on swans, other wildlife

Frozen lakes, deep winter take a toll on swans, other wildlife

Deep snow and record cold have taken an unusual toll on wildlife this winter. With lakes so deeply frozen this year, swans and other birds are having a hard time finding open water. "They have to stand on ice a lot more than they usually would have to. And that's really hard on their feet," said Agnes Hutchinson of the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center.
by Tim Nelson

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Fond du Lac Band to spear walleye in NE Minn.

Fond du Lac Band to spear walleye in NE Minn.

The Fond du Lac Band of Chippewa says it plans to exercise its treaty rights for the first time to spear walleye on northeastern Minnesota lakes this spring.
by The Associated Press

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Severity of Minnesota air quality alert increases

Two-thirds of of the state is now under an air pollution health alert. In this portion of the state, air quality conditions are considered unhealthy for sensitive groups.

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BBC: Saving the oceans, part four

The BBC finds out how knowledge of the seas from Australia's Aboriginal communities can feed into modern ocean science.

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N.M. residents frustrated at nuke dump silence

It's been three weeks since the radiation sensors were triggered and the exhaust dampers at the federal government's only underground nuclear waste dump slammed shut, putting the repository's massive salt caverns off-limits and the nation's cleanup efforts on hold.
by The Associated Press

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Bear researcher Lynn Rogers defends methods in Capitol hearing

Bear researcher Lynn Rogers defends methods in Capitol hearing

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has accused Lynn Rogers of creating a public safety risk. The agency says bears in Rogers' study area between Tower and Ely in northern Minnesota have come to see people as a food source, and that's made them more dangerous.
by The Associated Press

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Can we fill up our underground water supply with stormwater?

Can we fill up our underground water supply with stormwater?

One way to relieve pressure on Minnesota’s groundwater would be to make better use of stormwater and the spring melt. Or is it?
by Dave Peters

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NRC issues report cards on Minn., Wis. nuke plants

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued its annual report cards on the nation's 100 commercial nuclear power plants, and it found room for improvement at two reactors in Minnesota and one in Wisconsin.
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