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White House has coal country on the defensive

After several years of taking a beating from the poor economy, new pollution rules and a flood of cheap natural gas, the coal industry was on the rebound this year as mining projects moved forward in the Western U.S. and demand for the fuel began to rise, especially in Asia.

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Businesses pitch in to slow White Bear Lake's plunging waterline

Businesses pitch in to slow White Bear Lake's plunging waterline

Water levels in White Bear Lake have been dropping over the past decade. Now, businesses in the community are starting an effort to keep levels from declining more.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Calif.'s Sierra a 'living lab' for climate change

Calif.'s Sierra a 'living lab' for climate change

As indicators point toward a warming climate, scientists across 4 million acres of federally protected land are noting changes affecting everything from the massive trees that can grow to more than two dozen feet across to the tiny, hamsterlike pika. But what the changes mean and whether humans should do anything to intervene are sources of disagreement among land managers.

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Mpls. holds creek/lake cleanup event Sunday

More than a thousand volunteers are expected to join an effort to clean up Minnehaha Creek and several lakes in Minneapolis on Sunday.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Minn. gets federal money for bat disease

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is giving money to Minnesota and other Midwestern states to monitor bat populations for white-nose disease, which is caused by a fungus and has wiped out bat populations in parts of the eastern United States.
by Dan Gunderson

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St. Cloud residents warned of rabid skunks

Residents in St. Cloud are warned that three rabid skunks have been found in the south side of the city in the past three weeks.
by Sasha Aslanian

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Ely bear researcher loses DNR permit

Lynn Rogers was known to hand-feed the animals and broadcast the birth of cubs over the Internet. Now he is losing his Minnesota permit to do his close-up research.
by Dan Kraker

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Volunteers to collect trash at Minnehaha Creek and Chain of Lakes

Volunteers to collect trash at Minnehaha Creek and Chain of Lakes

One thousand volunteers are expected on Sunday to join an effort to clean up Minnehaha Creek and several surrounding lakes in Minneapolis.

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Fracking critics unhappy with Obama climate speech

Fracking critics unhappy with Obama climate speech

President Barack Obama's speech this week on climate change forcefully rejected some key arguments made by opponents of natural gas fracking, upsetting some environmental groups that otherwise back his climate goals.

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