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White Bear Lake's sudden shrinkage: DNR sued by group demanding less water pumping

Yesterday, the DNR was sued by a citizens' group calling itself the White Bear Lake Restoration Association. With the lake dramatically shrinking over the last decade or so, the group is demanding the DNR limit the amount of water cities can pump from the aquifer beneath it.SEE ALSO: White Bear Lake ... More >>

The Fracking Fiasco

America's latest gold rush portends the greatest environmental disaster of a generation

Keith Ellison introduces bill to ban Atrazine

​It's Earth Day, and Rep. Keith Ellison is taking note by announcing that he's introducing a House bill to ban a herbicide that's long been the target of environmentalists: Atrazine. The news comes ahead of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Scientific Advisory Panel meeting next week tha ... More >>

Mississippi River's male fish growing female parts!

Male fish in our river are growing female sex organs and are now intersex. And in case you didn't realize, you're probably to blame.

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