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Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

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Gulf relief well crews watch for tropical weather

Gulf relief well crews watch for tropical weather

Crews finishing work meant to forever stop oil from leaking from a blown-out undersea well into the Gulf may have one more hurdle to overcome: the weather.

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Final plug targeted as BP resumes relief well work

Final plug targeted as BP resumes relief well work

BP crews were drilling cautiously Monday to finish a relief well designed to shoot a permanent plug into the oil gusher that polluted the Gulf of Mexico for more than 12 weeks.

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As Gulf plug firms up, BP shakes up its spill team

A mud-and-cement plug cured Friday in a blown-out oil well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, a key effort in snuffing the massive leak for good, while a BP personnel shuffle indicated shifting priorities as the petroleum giant gains the upper hand.

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Scientist: Carp may have been planted near lake

Scientists say an Asian carp discovered near Lake Michigan may have been planted there, instead of evading an electronic barrier meant to keep the species out of the Great Lakes.

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As BP plugs leak, report says most of oil is gone

As BP plugs leak, report says most of oil is gone

BP claimed a key victory Wednesday in the effort to plug its blown-out well as a government report said much of the spilled oil is gone - though what's left is still nearly five times the amount that poured from the Exxon Valdez.

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Outdoors groups gear up to make pitch to feds

Local conservation and outdoors groups are gearing up to share ideas with the federal government. They'll have a chance Wednesday to speak to top Obama administration officials about how to do a better job of protecting natural resources.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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