A permanent cement plug sealed BP's well nearly 2.5 miles below
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The film, "Troubled Waters," is about the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, and pollution from Minnesota that's contributing to the problem.
Its premiere was abruptly postponed by the university officials.
Most of the Heartland State Trail between
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The University of Minnesota has abruptly canceled the premiere of a film about the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. The film focuses on pollution from farms, golf courses, and other sources in Minnesota and throughout the course of the Mississippi River. Tom Crann talks with environmental reporter Stephanie Hemphill.
The film was scheduled to air on Twin Cities Public Television in early October, but the director says she was notified last week that the university's public relations office had cancelled the airdate.
Environmental reporter Stephanie Hemphill has been looking into this, and joins me now.
The film focuses on pollution from farms, golf courses, and other sources in Minnesota and throughout the course of the Mississippi River. And it offers solutions to the problems.
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Because only one quarter of landowners also own the mineral rights to their land, local residents say oil rigs can pop up on their land without warning.
The Clean Water and Climate Adaptation Summit is taking place this week at the University of Minnesota's Landscape Arboretum. National experts join Midday to forecast the changes in natural resources, weather, and animal and human activities that might be needed to adapt to a changing climate.
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