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Concrete Beach Party draws attention to at-risk waterways.

Members of Environment Minnesota and Clean Water Action Minnesota held a concrete beach party in St. Paul to draw attention to a bill in the U.S. House that would put our state's waterways and drinking water at risk. Read more.

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In the Path of the Storm: Global Warming, Extreme Weather, and the Impacts of Weather-Related Disasters in the United States

Weather disasters kill or injure hundreds of Americans each year and cause billions of dollars in economic damage. The risks posed by some types of weather-related disasters will likely increase in a warming world. Scientists have already detected increases in extreme precipitation events and heat waves in the United States, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently concluded that global warming will likely lead to further changes in weather extremes.

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Solar energy legislation targeted for Iron Range panel plant

Legislation to encourage solar energy in Minnesota that would likely financially aid a new manufacturing plant in Mountain Iron has yet to see the light of day at the State Capitol. But Range lawmakers who are sponsoring the bills are hopeful they will still get hearings this session.

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By dog team, ex-lawmaker delivers sulfide mining petitions

A group of several hundred people asked Gov. Mark Dayton and state lawmakers on Thursday to oppose copper and nickel mining permits in northeastern Minnesota.

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Exchanging school trust lands isn't 'for the sake of our children'

Whenever an issue becomes center stage at the Minnesota Legislature, citizens should be alert to a hidden political agenda.

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Quest for data slows copper-nickel mine near Hoyt Lakes

Environmentalists say that northeastern Minnesota, with forests, lakes and wetlands that make it one of the most beautiful and popular areas in the state, is the wrong place for such a mine. The risk of acid runoff and the leaching of heavy metals, they argue, are too great a risk. They also say it could threaten some of the declining number of Minnesota's naturally occurring stands of wild rice, a major concern for Indian tribes, because the plant does not grow well in water high in sulfates, another potential byproduct of the mine and ore processing.

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