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Getting to Green: Minnesota’s energy future

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Animal Humane Society reopens adoption centers after canine flu outbreak

Animal Humane Society reopens adoption centers after canine flu outbreak

The Animal Humane Society in the Twin Cities is reopening its pet adoption centers in Coon Rapids and Golden Valley for adoptions on Tuesday, after battling an outbreak of canine influenza for more than a month.
by Tim Nelson

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Gift of the fungi: Mushroom hunters embrace Minnesota's woodsy bounty

Gift of the fungi: Mushroom hunters embrace Minnesota's woodsy bounty

“Finding that little gem in the woods is always really fun,” Minnesota mushroom hunter Ariel Bonkoski told MPR News host Cathy Wurzer on Monday as they talked wild mushrooms, recipes and the rising interest in fungi foraging.
by Cathy Wurzer and Ellen Finn

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Supreme Court backs California law for more space for pigs

Supreme Court backs California law for more space for pigs

While Californians consume 13 percent of the pork eaten in the United States, nearly 100 percent of it comes from hogs raised outside the state, including in Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana and North Carolina.
by The Associated Press

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For the first time, EPA to require taconite plants to slash mercury emissions

For the first time, EPA to require taconite plants to slash mercury emissions

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a new rule that for the first time would require mining companies to limit mercury emissions from Minnesota’s six taconite iron ore processing plants.
by Dan Kraker

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A U of M initiative looks to create climate-informed health care professionals

A U of M initiative looks to create climate-informed health care professionals

A cadre of new nurses will be graduating in just some days from the University of Minnesota. And they’ll be trained to not only care for our human health but also the planet’s health.
by Paul Huttner and Ngoc Bui

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'Big, bold idea': Duluth hopes to heat homes with wastewater energy

'Big, bold idea': Duluth hopes to heat homes with wastewater energy

Federal funds will help Duluth design a system to use leftover energy from a wastewater treatment plant to heat hundreds of buildings in the burgeoning Lincoln Park neighborhood. One advocate says it could become a national model.
by Dan Kraker

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