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Report card: Great Lakes still have big problems

Report card: Great Lakes still have big problems

A decades-old effort to nurse the battered Great Lakes to health has made progress toward reducing toxic pollution and slamming the door on invasive species, but the freshwater seas continue to face serious threats, a U.S.-Canadian agency said Tuesday.

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Fighting eagles crash land on Duluth airport runway

Fighting eagles crash land on Duluth airport runway

Two bald eagles locked together by their talons in a midair battle survived a crash landing onto a runway at a northeastern Minnesota airport.

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Remembering ornithologist Thomas Sadler Roberts: Minnesota Sounds and Voices

Remembering ornithologist Thomas Sadler Roberts: Minnesota Sounds and Voices

Along with spring, migratory birds are back. More than a century ago, their seasonal arrival was the object of intense interest by one of the state's most important ornithologists, Thomas Sadler Roberts.
by Dan Olson

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Living a low-carbon lifestyle

Living a low-carbon lifestyle

From the Commonwealth Club's Climate One series, six experts discuss the best ways individuals can save energy and reduce their carbon footprint. The myths and realities of being a "green" consumer.

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Cocaine, DEET, other chemicals found in Minnesota lakes

Cocaine, DEET, other chemicals found in Minnesota lakes

The largest study of its kind ever done in Minnesota shows chemicals from household products, prescription drugs and illegal drugs are common in Minnesota lakes.
by Dan Gunderson

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Solar power bills to conference committee

The Senate version requires large utility companies to generate 1 percent of power from the sun by 2025. The House version requires 4 percent, in addition to the 25 percent renewable energy requirement passed in 2007.

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Clean Water Accountability Act expected to pass Legislature this week

Clean Water Accountability Act expected to pass Legislature this week

Forty percent of Minnesota's lakes and rivers are too polluted to fish or swim in. Minnesota's current approach to water cleanup is not working effectively, and a measure is expected to pass in the state Legislature to ensure better accountability.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Greenhouse gas milestone; CO2 levels set record

Greenhouse gas milestone; CO2 levels set record

Worldwide levels of the chief greenhouse gas that causes global warming have hit a milestone, reaching an amount never before encountered by humans, federal scientists said Friday.

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Big ag agrees to conserve cropland, but at what cost?

Taxpayers help subsidize crop insurance premiums for farmers to the tune of about $9 billion. environmentalists argue that farmers who receive this financial support should be required to be good stewards of the land.

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