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Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

Getting to Green is an MPR News series that shares stories about Minnesota’s clean energy transition, including what needs to be done to get there.

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Attorney: Great Lakes waterways a 'carp highway'

Attorney: Great Lakes waterways a 'carp highway'

A federal judge has set Sept. 7 as the next hearing in a multistate lawsuit demanding tougher action to prevent Asian carp from overrunning the Great Lakes.

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DNR biologist talks birds and the Gulf oil spill

DNR biologist talks birds and the Gulf oil spill

Popular Minnesota Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist Carrol Henderson joins Midday to discuss the effects of the Gulf oil spill on migrating birds -- and take all other bird questions.

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Swanson: Swift action needed to keep carp out of Great Lakes

Swanson: Swift action needed to keep carp out of Great Lakes

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson said Monday that Asian carp pose a real threat to the Great Lakes, and she hopes a judge will order temporary measures to stop the fish from spreading.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Researchers use new tool to fight gypsy moths

Researchers use new tool to fight gypsy moths

The state is trying to get the jump on a growing population of gypsy moths in northern Minnesota. Researchers are engaging in early skirmishes of what will be a long war. They're choosing a few key spots to plant a fungus that's lethal to the moths, but harmless to just about everything else.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Workers begin cleaning up alleged pot mess at Wis. forest

Workers begin cleaning up alleged pot mess at Wis. forest

A suspected band of marijuana farmers accused of transforming part of a national forest in northeastern Wisconsin into their own private pot plantations left behind irrigation pits, clear-cutting of trees and bags of fertilizer.

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UN calls for more aid to Pakistan

UN calls for more aid to Pakistan

Millions of people have been left homeless by the worst floods in Pakistan's history. The United Nations has called an emergency meeting to try to increase aid to the region. The BBC's World Have Your Say has the latest news from the region.

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Newsmaker: Despite flooding, Pakistan could face a dry future

Newsmaker: Despite flooding, Pakistan could face a dry future

Pakistan is being ravaged by floods that have left millions of people without shelter and food. Yet one observer notes that the country is on the verge of a widespread water shortage that could prove even more disastrous.

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