Pollution from the Red River is threatening both the economies and wildlife that depend on Lake Winnipeg. Canadian researchers have been tracking the impact of that pollution.
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Pollution from the Red River is threatening the wildlife and economies that rely on Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba — the tenth-largest freshwater lake in the world.
Minnesota's newest park, Lake Vermilion State Park, opens for limited activities later this summer. The director of state parks joins Midday to answer questions about features, costs, conditions and activities at the new park and the old ones.
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A day after agreeing to a $20 billion fund to
compensate victims of the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of
Mexico, BP's chief executive expects to tell Congress that he was
"personally devastated" by the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon
oil rig and understands the anger that Americans feel toward him
and his company.
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Four people working to make electric cars a reality gathered recently at the Commonwealth Club of California to discuss the challenges and promises of electric vehicles.
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Weeks after the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig exploded, killing 11 and injuring dozens, oil from BP's underwater well continues to spew into the Gulf of Mexico. A moratorium has been placed on offshore drilling by the federal government, and President Obama spoke from the Oval Office promising to repair the damaged coast and punish those responsible for what is now considered the largest offshore drilling spill in U.S. history.
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Machines made in Minnesota, are being used to clean up beaches affected by the Gulf Coast oil spill. Mike McPherson is the Vice-President of Sales for Cherrington Beach Cleaners and he is in Grand Isle over-seeing the operation there. He talked to Morning Edition's Cathy Wurzer.
MPR's Morning Edition interviewed Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar and Republican U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann on Wednesday for their reaction to President Barack Obama's speech on the Gulf Coast oil spill. Below are excerpts from those interviews.
