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Climate change activists to protest Minn. oil pipeline project

Climate change activists to protest Minn. oil pipeline project

State regulators have already signed off on Enbridge's plan to increase capacity to 570,000 barrels per day. Now the company is asking the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to approve an increased capacity of 800,000 barrels per day.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Climate One: Are extreme weather events a result of climate change?

Climate One: Are extreme weather events a result of climate change?

In this edition of Climate One from the Commonwealth Club of California, host Greg Dalton speaks with two MacArthur "genius grant" recipients who study climate science, and with US Navy Secretary Ray Mabus on the ways the Navy is trying to reduce its carbon footprint.

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Helping hoarders let go

Helping hoarders let go

Often, the hoarder is dealing with unresolved trauma from the death of a loved one, abandonment or a divorce.

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Planners: Shallow tunnels are best option for SW light rail in Minneapolis' Kenilworth

Planners: Shallow tunnels are best option for SW light rail in Minneapolis' Kenilworth

Light rail planners with the Metropolitan Council are recommending keeping freight trains in the narrow Kenilworth corridor in Minneapolis and burying trains in shallow tunnels as part of the Southwest light rail route.
by Laura Yuen

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Kansas fires bring air pollution alert for SW Minn.

Kansas fires bring air pollution alert for SW Minn.

Gusty winds have carried smoke from Kansas wildfires into Minnesota and the fine particles from the smoke are at a level that state officials consider unhealthy for sensitive groups such as children and the elderly.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Should Minnesota try to attract more water-intensive companies?

Should Minnesota try to attract more water-intensive companies?

“Charles Fishman thinks Minnesota should sell its water. No, not the way that you might be thinking, in a pipeline from Lake Superior to someplace in the desert like Las Vegas. But as an asset, to water-intensive industries like microchip makers, and on one big condition – that they give the water back in the…
by Michael Olson

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U.N. report raises climate change warning, points to opportunities

U.N. report raises climate change warning, points to opportunities

In many ways the world is "ill-prepared" for the dangers, scientists say in a new report. They warn that people in all parts of the globe are already affected. Rapid action is needed, they say.
by Mark Memmott

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Twin Metals copper-nickel mine plans firming up

Twin Metals Minnesota says the mining projects it's planning would keep the company in business for more than a century.
by The Associated Press

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