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Great Lakes residents clash over water levels

Great Lakes residents clash over water levels

People around the Great Lakes are fighting over water. Complaints that levels are too high or too low are longstanding, but the debate is growing louder as a warming climate raises the specter of more dramatic changes.

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MPCA postpones decision on BWCA haze plan

MPCA postpones decision on BWCA haze plan

A decision on a plan to deal with haze affecting the Boundary Waters and Voyageurs National Park has been postponed to give more time for a mining company to negotiate.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Geologists revise state's potential for geothermal energy

Minnesota is a cold place. But a new study released Tuesday shows the state has more geothermal energy potential than previously understood.
by Dan Kraker

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Underground mine would be largest in Minn.

Twin Metals has instructed its engineering contractor to draw up plans for an 80,000-ton-per day mine and processing plant in northeastern Minnesota.

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State works to cut haze in northern Minn. wilderness areas

State works to cut haze in northern Minn. wilderness areas

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency today takes another step in a long-running effort to clean up the air over some of Minnesota's most cherished places. The MPCA's Citizens' Board will consider submitting a state plan to reduce air pollution to the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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EPA to reduce new power plants' carbon pollution

The Obama administration is pressing ahead with the first-ever limits on heat-trapping pollution from new power plants.

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Judge halts action on metal-scrapping plant

A Ramsey County District judge today ordered the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to halt administrative actions on a metal-scrapping facility in north Minneapolis.
by Jon Collins

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Agencies step up fight against gypsy moths

Agencies step up fight against gypsy moths

Minnesota is at the front line of a national effort to slow the spread of invasive gypsy moths, which have defoliated and killed thousands of acres of trees on the East Coast. Although they have made incursions into Minnesota for decades, so far they have not established a reproducing population in the state. The destructive critters have slowly munched their way westward and are now hungrily eyeing the forests of the Arrowhead region.
by Dan Kraker

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Early warmth worries apple growers

Early warmth worries apple growers

The early warmth of spring could spell trouble for insects, birds and plants as well as apple growers - especially if April brings a hard frost.

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Red Wing hosts river water quality forum

The conversation is being sponsored by a range of citizen groups, farm groups, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and InCommons.

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