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“It doesn’t have to be this way” – Scientists confirm Iowa farm pollution is creating dire health risks
The New Lede - Washington D.C.
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July 2, 2025
Agricultural operations across Iowa are a leading cause of significant water pollution problems in the state, posing dire risks to public and environmental health, according to a new scientific report that is sparking heated debate in the key US...
Need a New 3D Material? Build It With DNA
Technology Networks
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When the Empire State Building was constructed, its 102 stories rose above midtown one piece at a time, with each individual element combining to become, for 40 years, the world’s tallest building. Uptown at Columbia, Oleg Gang and his chemical...
New Lane Splitting and Filtering Law Now in Effect for Minnesota Motorcyclists
Marshall Radio - Minnesota
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July 3, 2025
MARSHALL — A new Minnesota law that took effect July 1 now allows motorcycles to use lane splitting and lane filtering in certain traffic conditions — a change that Minnesota State Patrol Captain Casey Meagher says drivers should be aware of,...
Hot, humid end to week in Minnesota before rain returns over weekend
CBS 4 - Minnesota
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By Joseph Dames Joseph Dames Meteorologist Joseph Dames joined the WCCO team during the winter of 2022. He is currently the weekday morning meteorologist. You can also catch him putting together weather, science, and other environmental stories...
We’re No. 4! What does this ranking mean?
Community Voice - California
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There were large headlines around California (but not in many Republican-led “red” states) in late spring, when the International Monetary Fund and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis simultaneously found that this state’s economy had surpassed...
Sustainable, second-hand textiles now at The Stashery
Longfellow Nokomis Messenger - Minnesota
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By Margie O’Loughlin Textile Center in Southeast Minneapolis is known far and wide as a hub of excellence for all things fiber, and has been for more than 30 years. As of Friday, May 30, 2025, it’s also a place where shoppers can find secondhand...
Green Visions: Minnesota Million Project
The North 103.3 - Minnesota
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July 2, 2025
At 6pm on Thursday, July 3rd, Dovetail Cafe is the location for an event for the Minnesota Million Project - an effort to reforest one million acres of state land in the next two decades. The free event (hosted by Cafe Sci Twin Ports) will be led...
US Northeast sees record tick season as climate crisis sparks arachnid boom
The University of Rhode Island
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July 2, 2025
Ticks have been flourishing recently in the United States. This year, as compared to recent years, there has been an increase in the reported number of blacklegged ticks, the number of such ticks that carry Lyme disease and visits to the emergency...
Yonder report for for Thursday, July 10, 2025
Butte News - Montana
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July 10, 2025
Click on the image above for t he audio. PNS - Thursday, July 10, 2025 - Rural Americans brace for disproportionate impact of federal funding cuts to mental health, substance use programs, and new federal policies have farmers from Ohio to...
ICE deports immigrant awaiting prosecution in fatal Minneapolis crash
Star Tribune - Minnesota
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July 2, 2025
An undocumented immigrant charged with killing a woman while driving drunk in Minneapolis last year has been deported to his native country before his fate in a Minnesota courtroom could play out. “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement removed...
Minnesota conservation efforts interrupted by changes to AmeriCorps
Brainerd Dispatch - Minnesota
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June 28, 2025
MOORHEAD — The future of a statewide conservation organization’s work in Minnesota is uncertain due to changes to federal AmeriCorps programs. Conservation Minnesota, a nonprofit organization that works to protect Minnesota from the effects of...
Talking agricultural research with University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
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Our state and our world depend on bountiful and safe food sources. At the same time, the nation’s agriculture industry faces unprecedented pressures, from shifting markets to disease concerns for both crops and livestock. Brian Buhr, dean of the...
California misleadingly markets farm-generated methane as environmentally friendly—a falsehood now exported nationwide
Prism
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July 2, 2025
Take California’s Highway 5 two hours north of Los Angeles and veer right onto Highway 99. In 50 miles, you’ll reach Pixley, a small town of about 4,000 with one doctor’s office, no grocery store, and nearly 140,000 bovine neighbors. It’s only...
Funding uncertain for electric vehicle charging stations on Minnesota highways
Minnesota Public Radio News
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July 2, 2025
NINA MOINI: There's a special kind of dread that comes from driving a car that's about to run out of gas or power. That may be why electric vehicle advocates say highways need to have more EV charging stations for people who make that switch to...
National TV news largely failed to connect the record-breaking eastern U.S. heat dome to climate change
Media Matters For America
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Media Matters searched transcripts in the SnapStream video database for all original episodes of ABC’s Good Morning America and World News Tonight, CBS’ Mornings and Evening News, and NBC’s Today and Nightly News, as well as all original...
University of Minnesota places first in two categories in US sustainability rankings
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
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For the first time, the University of Minnesota ranked first among U.S. institutions in two categories in the Times Higher Ed (THE) Impact Rankings: clean water and health and well-being. The University of Minnesota was fifth in the U.S. overall...
June was an active month for tornadoes in Minnesota
Go Watertown - South Dakota
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July 2, 2025
July 2, 2025 ST. PAUL, Minn. — June lived up to its reputation as the peak month for tornadoes in Minnesota. Pete Boulay of the State Climatology Office says there more last month than all of 2024. The preliminary count shows 39 tornadoes in June,...
4th Of July 2025 Gas Prices Across Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota
97.3 KKRC - South Dakota
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July 2, 2025
Travelers planning Independence Day road trips across Minnesota, Iowa, and South Dakota will see some higher gas prices. GasBuddy says the national average for a gallon of gas will be ticking up just a bit to around $3.17 a gallon on July 4....
Air quality alert issued due to wildfire smoke for Friday, July 11th
Ingstad Media - Minnesota
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July 11, 2025
Air quality is expected to reach the purple AQI category in northwest Minnesota, which is very unhealthy for everyone. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued an air quality alert for northwest and north central Minnesota. The alert...
In Chicago, a Landmark Environmental Justice Bill Inches Toward Passage
Inside Climate News
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July 2, 2025
CHICAGO—Cheryl Johnson’s perspective on the Hazel Johnson Cumulative Impacts Ordinance is that it’s been a long time coming. It’s not just the two years that community groups collaborated with the city’s revived Department of Environment to craft...