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U of M researchers want your videos of deer-gut scavengers

U of M researchers want your videos of deer-gut scavengers

University of Minnesota researchers want hunters’ videos of their deer guts — part of a broader effort to learn about the different scavengers who eat them, and the role those millions of pounds of deer guts left behind every year play in the ecosystem.
by Dan Kraker

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Navigator cancels proposed Midwestern CO2 pipeline, citing 'unpredictable' regulatory processes

Navigator cancels proposed Midwestern CO2 pipeline, citing 'unpredictable' regulatory processes

The pipeline would have carried planet-warming CO2 emissions from more than 20 industrial plans across Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota, to be buried deep underground in Illinois.
by The Associated Press

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Authorities seize 22 dogs from Anoka County animal rescue group

Authorities in Anoka County seized 22 dogs from an animal rescue group in the city of Andover on Friday, as part of the investigation into the discovery of eight dead dogs in Cottage Grove, Minn., last weekend.
by MPR News Staff

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Cottage Grove police say person confessed to dumping bodies of 8 dogs along road; investigation continues

Police in Cottage Grove say they executed a search warrant and talked with a person who confessed to dumping the bodies of eight dogs along a road near the Mississippi River last weekend.
by MPR News Staff

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Climate change has some moving to the Midwest

Climate change has some moving to the Midwest

Go Midwest, young man? That’s the title of a recent piece in Time Magazine that touts the Midwest as a place people will likely move to in the future. So which factors make the Midwest a potentially attractive place to relocate?
by Paul Huttner and Ngoc Bui

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Feds announce major investments in Minnesota's electric grid

Feds announce major investments in Minnesota's electric grid

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $150 million in grants to Xcel Energy and Minnesota Power to fund microgrids in Minneapolis and upgrade a major transmission line that carries wind energy from North Dakota.
by Dan Kraker

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