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PolyMet copper-nickel mine: Economic opportunity or too environmentally risky?

PolyMet copper-nickel mine: Economic opportunity or too environmentally risky?

This Friday the public will get its first peek at a long anticipated environmental study of one of the state's most controversial development projects in years: copper and nickel mining in northeastern Minnesota.
by Elizabeth Dunbar and Dan Kraker

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Timeline: PolyMet's history in Minnesota

Timeline: PolyMet's history in Minnesota

PolyMet Mining hopes to be the first Minnesota company to mine copper, nickel and precious metals in northern Minnesota. The company's NorthMet project would be located north of Hoyt Lakes in the Superior National Forest. Below is a timeline of the company's history in Minnesota.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Is the Lewis and Clark project a pipeline to nowhere?

Is the Lewis and Clark project a pipeline to nowhere?

More than 100 miles of pipe have been laid in South Dakota and Iowa for the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System. But not a drop of water has crossed into Minnesota.
by Mark Steil

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Minn. recycler wants your old holiday lights

Minn. recycler wants your old holiday lights

Hardware stores and government buildings throughout the state have put out collection bins for unwanted or broken holiday lights.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Proposed hydroelectric plant seen as green energy source, eyesore

The Mississippi River plant needs the OK of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Army Corps of Engineers and a number of state agencies before it can proceed.
by Matt Sepic

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State auditor wants more info on copper-nickel mining's effects

Minnesota needs to know more about the potential effects of copper-nickel mining in the state, State Auditor Rebecca Otto said Tuesday, to a group of about 75 people in Ely.
by Dan Kraker

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Study: US spewing 50% more methane than EPA says

The United States is spewing 50 percent more methane -- a potent heat-trapping gas -- than the federal government estimates, a new comprehensive scientific study says. Much of it is coming from just three states: Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.

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Eagle deaths at wind farms, energy corp pleads guilty

In a settlement reached with the Department of Justice, Duke Energy Renewables pleaded guilty in the deaths of 14 golden eagles and 149 other migratory birds at two of its wind energy facilities in Wyoming.

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Nature center protests hunting in Minn. forest

Part of the Wilder Forest in May Township is slated to eventually open to the public, but some neighbors aren't happy it could allow hunting and trapping.

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