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Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

Getting to Green is an MPR News series that shares stories about Minnesota’s clean energy transition, including what needs to be done to get there.

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Money to restore Great Lakes still flows, for now

Money to restore Great Lakes still flows, for now

At a time when many government programs are fighting for survival, there's one place the money is still flowing for now: the Great Lakes. In the past two years, Congress has pumped $775 million into the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, a plan to fight pollution, invasive species and other ecological threats.
by John Flesher, Associated Press

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Meatpacker fined for polluting river with ammonia

The John Morrell & Co. meatpacking plant in Sioux Falls has agreed to pay a $44,000 fine for polluting the Big Sioux River.

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Foley lifts boil order for tap water after E. coli scare

Homes and businesses in Foley are back to using water right out of the tap after another round of testing found no E. coli in the city water supply.

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WEIGH IN ON WATER: Why take action?

We asked our seven Ground Level water panel members to tell us why they got involved in local clean-water issues. Read what they said and “weigh in” with your own answer.
by Dave Peters

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Wild rice poses another obstacle to mine proposal

Wild rice poses another obstacle to mine proposal

As review of a controversial Polymet mining project proposal nears conclusion, some supporters are worried about a potential environmental roadblock: wild rice.
by Dan Kraker

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Photos: Ojibwe crews tackle the BWCA wildfire

Photos: Ojibwe crews tackle the BWCA wildfire

It's now October, almost two months since the Pagami Creek Fire started burning in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness southeast of Ely, Minn. An Ojibwe crew from the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in Michigan is now working the fireline, with the blaze about 71 percent contained.

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3M finds elevated levels of PFCs in Woodbury wells

3M finds elevated levels of PFCs in Woodbury wells

3M has discovered elevated levels of perfluorinated chemicals in monitoring wells at its Woodbury clean-up site, but drinking water wells do not appear to be affected.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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