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U of M lion researcher turns to 'crowdfunding'
A University of Minnesota ecology professor and expert in lion behavior has turned to "crowdfunding" to raise enough money to transmit thousands of images over the Internet of lions from the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.
Obama's track record on environmental issues
Protesters have been taking to the streets against the proposed Keystone XL Oil Pipeline between Canada and Texas. They want to push Obama to cut support for the project. It's the most recent in a list of confrontations between environmentalists and the Obama administration on such issues as air pollution and fracking. Is Obama disappointing his green base? And how will environmentalists make themselves heard in the 2012 elections?
Minnesota's Department of Natural Resources commissioner has removed his top two forestry officials, saying he wants to see timber from state lands harvested more quickly to help the struggling forest products industry.
State may sell or trade land in the BWCAW
After years of stalemate, talks are beginning again over a possible deal to swap and sell state lands within the federal Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.