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Coming soon to a store near you: carbon labels

Coming soon to a store near you: carbon labels

We're all familiar with food labels that detail calories, carbohydrates and fat content. Now there's a push to add labels that detail a product’s carbon footprint.
by Paul Huttner and Megan Burks

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Amid COVID-19 fears, shoppers rush to stock up on rice

Amid COVID-19 fears, shoppers rush to stock up on rice

Across the Twin Cities, rice joins paper towels, toilet paper and hand sanitizer among the list of items that are harder to find as people stockpile in preparation for possible quarantine. And it’s not just Asian markets that are affected — Costco and restaurant suppliers are also facing questions about their empty shelves.
by Riham Feshir

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U of M suspends campus classes, moving instruction online over COVID-19 fears

U of M suspends campus classes, moving instruction online over COVID-19 fears

University of Minnesota leaders said Wednesday the system is suspending in-person instruction on its campuses and moving to online instruction as a precaution against the disease. The state’s system of two-year colleges and regional universities hasn’t yet decided to move classes online.
by MPR News Staff

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Meet the spider, Fargo’s flood-fighting, sandbag-filling monster

Meet the spider, Fargo’s flood-fighting, sandbag-filling monster

As floods have increased in frequency and severity over the past few decades, the garbage and recycling trucks that are usually housed in Fargo’s city garage are replaced by a highly organized sandbag-filling factory for a few days nearly every March.
by Dan Gunderson

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St. Paul classes canceled as city’s public school teachers strike

St. Paul classes canceled as city’s public school teachers strike

Thousands of union teachers and other school staff headed for picket lines Tuesday morning after overnight contract talks failed. The district superintendent says no new talks are scheduled and school remains canceled indefinitely.
by Tim Nelson and Elizabeth Shockman

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MN conservation officers choose education as way to enforce state’s natural resources laws

MN conservation officers choose education as way to enforce state’s natural resources laws

A review of the three most recent available years of DNR enforcement records show conservation officers opt to educate rather than cite offenders about two-thirds of the time, issuing warnings instead of the citations that come along with fines and paperwork — and that’s fine with agency leaders.
by Dan Gunderson

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