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'The Birdchick' offers '1001 Secrets Every Birder Should Know'

'The Birdchick' offers '1001 Secrets Every Birder Should Know'

MPR's Tom Crann went out last week, just north of Minneapolis to New Hope, to meet Sharon Stiteler. The blogger behind Birdchick.com, and a National Park ranger, Stiteler is about to publish a new book: "1001 Secrets Every Birder Should Know: Tips and Trivia for the Backyard and Beyond."
by Tom Crann

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DNR to kill cormorants on Lake Vermilion

DNR to kill cormorants on Lake Vermilion

Fisheries officials plan to kill part of the cormorant population on Lake Vermilion in northeastern Minnesota because the lake's perch population has been falling, and they're worried that the decline could eventually harm the lake's walleye numbers.

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Impact of fracking on renewable energy

A special from the America Abroad series called "Global Energy and Innovations." Host Madeline Brand looks at the impact that cheaper and cleaner natural gas from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is having on U.S. renewable energy industries like wind and solar. Meanwhile, China and India are moving quickly to solve their energy problems and the innovations coming out of those countries could one day challenge America's lead in renewables.

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Anti-mining center to open in Ely

A group of Ely business owners is preparing to open an "action center" on the city's main street to stir up opposition to copper-nickel mining, saying risk of environmental damage to the pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area isn't worth the promised jobs and economic boost to the region.

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Westminster Forum: Mark Tercek of Nature Conservancy

Westminster Forum: Mark Tercek of Nature Conservancy

Nature Conservancy president Mark Tercek speaks at the Westminster Town Hall Forum about his new book, "Nature's Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature." Tercek is former head of Environmental Strategy for Goldman Sachs.

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Advocacy group names South Kawishiwi sixth-most endangered river in U.S.

Advocacy group names South Kawishiwi sixth-most endangered river in U.S.

The South Kawishiwi River, which flows through the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota, is sixth on American Rivers' list of America's Most Endangered Rivers of 2013.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Flint Hills, environmental groups settle on plans for refinery upgrade

Flint Hills, environmental groups settle on plans for refinery upgrade

Flint Hills Resources has agreed to incorporate energy efficiency and emissions restrictions into a $400 million plan to upgrade its refinery in Rosemount as part of a settlement with two environmental groups.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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