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Appetites | Climate Cast

Officials want north Minneapolis metal shredder permit pulled over pollution
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is pushing to revoke the air quality permit of Northern Metal Recycling, saying the firm has misled the agency and is sending "high levels" of metals into the air.
Northern Minnesota's St. Louis River comes back to life, but it's still not in the clear
The lake sturgeon are returning. Pollution levels are lower than they've been in years. And the Lake Superior waterway is in a tenuous period of revival after years of languishing under industrial decay.
With 4 days left to work, lawmakers can't agree on big issues
Despite this week's exchange of offers on transportation funding, negotiators have set that issue aside to focus instead on taxes, bonding and how to spend the state's $900 million budget surplus.
Appetites: The Water Bar
Northeast Minneapolis' Water Bar aims to share the importance and process behind getting clean tap water to your faucet, on demand.
Should farmers or city pay to clean the water? Iowa may decide
A Des Moines Water Works lawsuit could bring historic change to water regulation and farm economics across the country. A key question: Should farmers be held liable for the pollution draining from their fields?
Hodges: Help on the way to stem north Minneapolis violence
Minnesota's largest city is both awesome and divided. That was the assessment Tuesday of Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges as she delivered her third annual State of the City address.
Oakdale settlement spotlights communication gap between cops, deaf
A Minnesota Department of Human Rights investigation into how an east metro police department treated a domestic assault suspect highlights a problem many hearing-impaired people experience when they interact with police.