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Met Council joins Minn. lawsuit against 3M
The Metropolitan Council is joining the state of Minnesota in its lawsuit against 3M Co. seeking damages for alleged environmental consequences tied to its disposal of chemicals once used to make Scotchgard.
Photos: Boundary Waters wildfire aftermath
Since blowing up in late August, the Pagami Creek Fire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has burned about 95,000 acres. Hundreds of wildfire specialists from all over the Midwest and Rocky Mountains fought the blaze at a cost of more than $20 million. And now, with winter approaching, we're getting a look at the extent of the charred devastation the fire left behind.
Minn., feds close on deal for state land in BWCA
Minnesota and federal officials are getting close to a deal that could end a decades-long dispute over state land locked within the federal Boundary Waters Canoe Area and generate new money for the state's schools.
A "Poisoned Places" map produced by National Public Radio shows specific places and polluters in Minnesota.