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Climate

Regulators focus on need for new pipeline as decision looms

Regulators focus on need for new pipeline as decision looms

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission worked through questions of Enbridge Energy and opponents of the Line 3 oil pipeline project on Tuesday, hinting that it might take them longer than expected to discuss the matter.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Minn. regulators will soon decide on the Line 3 oil pipeline's fate. Here's how to follow along

Minn. regulators will soon decide on the Line 3 oil pipeline's fate. Here's how to follow along

State regulators are holding hearings this week as they make final decisions on whether to let Enbridge Energy build its controversial oil pipeline replacement.
by Elizabeth Dunbar and Cody Nelson

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What does Shakespeare have to do with 'energy?' (Trust us, there's a link)

What does Shakespeare have to do with 'energy?' (Trust us, there's a link)

In his new book, Richard Rhodes lays out an accessible and surprisingly optimistic history of energy by exploring the lives of scientists and inventors -- and a few unlikely people, like the Bard of Avon.
by Michael Schaub

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General Mills sustainability chief: Healthy food needs healthy soil

General Mills sustainability chief: Healthy food needs healthy soil

Jerry Lynch told a crowd of agribusiness and food industry executives gathered in Minneapolis Thursday that healthy soil can help address everything from climate change to erosion -- and that savvy consumers are beginning to pay attention.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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UN reports see a lonelier planet with fewer plants, animals

Crucial habitat has been cut apart, alien species have invaded places, chemicals have hurt plants and animals, wetlands and mangroves that clean up pollution are disappearing, and the world's waters are overfished, one scientist says.
by Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

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