Environmental News

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Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

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Environment brings faith communities together
Though a recent Pew poll shows that global warming is the least important issue for the public, one religious leader is trying to link the environmental movement to Christian faith.
Wolves to be protected on reservation
An estimated 100 wolves live on the Red Lake Indian Reservation near Bemidji and tribal leaders want to protect them. So they've adopted a plan to manage the wolves and their habitat on the reservation.
A permanent cement plug sealed BP's well nearly 2.5 miles below the sea floor in the Gulf of Mexico, five agonizing months after an explosion sank a drilling rig and led to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.