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Cravaack takes heat at Duluth roundtable

Minnesota GOP U.S. Rep. Chip Cravaack took some more heat at a meeting in Duluth Friday, as some critics pushed for a town hall meeting in the 8th District's largest city.
by Dan Kraker

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MPR News photos of the week

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This week, The St. Paul Saints lobbied for a new stadium, professional cyclists hit the Twin Cities for an annual race, and former Gov. Jesse Ventura stopped by to talk about his new book.

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EPA sets tougher soot pollution standards

EPA sets tougher soot pollution standards

Responding to a lawsuit from 11 states, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new air quality standards to lower the amount of soot that can be released into the air.

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Red River home buyout approvals today

Officials in Fargo-Moorhead are expected to approve the first home buyouts Thursday to make way for a proposed Red River flood diversion channel.
by Dan Gunderson

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Cougars recolonizing Midwest, one male at a time

Cougars recolonizing Midwest, one male at a time

A new report that mountain lions are slowly expanding their range eastward returning to areas where they were killed off a century ago.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Map: Cougar Sighting Locations

Last year, the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association asked members to send in reports and photographs from trail cameras of cougars. The vast majority of the photos were decidedly something else.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Document: Cougars Are Recolonizing the Midwest:

Although cougars were extirpated from much of midwestern North America around 1900, hard evidence of cougar presence has increased and populations have become established in the upper portions of the Midwest during the past 20 years.

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Heavy May rainfall leads to more pollution in Minn. rivers

Heavy May rainfall leads to more pollution in Minn. rivers

Minnesota state agencies and environmental groups have made reducing farm field runoff into fields a major priority. But the task will be difficult, if the record May rains are any indication.
by Mark Steil

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Why is Minn. warming so fast?

Climate Central released a report Tuesday showing that Minnesota is the third fastest warming state and Wisconsin fourth. The analysis shows that the country has warmed as a whole, but Arizona and the Upper Midwest states have been warming the fastest. Why is this happening?

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Richard Louv urges a new 'nature movement'

Richard Louv urges a new 'nature movement'

The author of the best-selling book "Last Child in the Woods" says the gloom and doom scenario presented by the environmental movement needs to be transformed into a more positive message about the importance of nature, and human interactions with nature. He spoke April 22, 2102 at the Hennepin County Ridgedale Library as part of the Club Book series.

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