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Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

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Gulf crews hope to wrap up kill-attempt tests

Gulf crews hope to wrap up kill-attempt tests

Crews hoped to begin pumping mud and perhaps cement down the throat of the blown-out oil well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday in what BP officials said could be the method of attack that finally snuffs the spill.

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An oil spill in Michigan calls Minnesota's pipeline safety into question

A faulty pipe owned by the energy company Enbridge is to blame for the the recent oil spill in Michigan. More than 14-hundred miles of that very same Enbridge pipeline runs through northern Minnesota. State Fire Marshall Jerry Rosendahl oversees Minnesota's Office of Pipeline Safety. He joined Cathy Wurzer this morning by phone.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Biologist using Noah's Ark idea to save sealife

Biologist using Noah's Ark idea to save sealife

On the chance that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill threatens some sea creatures with extinction, naturalist Jack Rudloe hopes his laboratory can save them.

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Forest Service mulls razing historic wolf research post

Forest Service mulls razing historic wolf research post

When wolf researcher Mike Nelson isn't in the woods, he's often in the Kawishiwi Laboratory and Forest Research Center -- a small complex of log and stone cabins nestled under centuries-old white pines south of Ely.
by Bob Kelleher

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EPA: Gulf dispersants not more toxic than oil

A new federal study of chemical dispersants used to break up oil in the Gulf of Mexico shows that when mixed with oil, the dispersant is less toxic to aquatic life than oil alone.

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Gulf crews prepare to start plugging well for good

Engineers on the Gulf of Mexico hoped to begin work Monday on a plan to to shove mud and perhaps cement into the blown-out oil well at the seafloor, making it easier to end the gusher for good.

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