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'Baiting Bambi' Receives Increased Scrutiny as Minnesota Cracks Downnew

Someone had finally bagged "Fred," the legendary whitetail buck of Goodhue County. He was an animal whispered about for years, a cunning ghost that traveled at night and had somehow managed to avoid even Minnesota's most experienced hunters. Until now.
City Pages (Twin Cities)  |  Bradley Campbell  |  01-06-2010  |  Environment

Minneapolis Spending $200K to Promote Tap Waternew

The critics of the TapMPLS project ignore the fact that promoting tap water has the ability to make the city millions.
City Pages (Twin Cities)  |  Bradley Campbell  |  07-15-2009  |  Environment

Midwest Oil Mining is a Crude Idea to Manynew

A web of pipelines has sprouted up throughout the Midwest, following the Great Lakes, moving all the way from the Dakotas to Chicago and Detroit. But it comes at a heavy cost, a price so large that one environmentalist remarked that in comparison to the nightmarish ramifications of the oil sands, offshore drilling is an "environmental yawn."
City Pages (Twin Cities)  |  Beth Walton  |  12-03-2008  |  Environment

The Surging Commodities Market Could Bring Prosperity to the Iron Rangenew

But it might also threaten one of Minnesota's greatest natural resources.
City Pages (Twin Cities)  |  Jonathan Kaminsky  |  05-08-2008  |  Environment

Explorer Returns to the Arctic to Take On Global Warmingnew

The story of true ice man Will Steger.
City Pages (Twin Cities)  |  Matthew Smith  |  12-12-2007  |  Environment

A Kinder, Gentler Smokestack?new

Critics say a Minneapolis power plant designed to reduce carbon emissions could be a cancer-causing boondoggle.
City Pages (Twin Cities)  |  Jonathan Kaminsky  |  09-05-2007  |  Environment

Copperheads vs. Greensnew

A plan to open the Superior National Forest to copper mining promises good jobs and threatens enviro troubles.
City Pages (Twin Cities)  |  Mike Mosedale  |  12-14-2006  |  Environment

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