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Earth is our home, and there is much happening here. The Daily Planet's "The Planet" section covers nature, technology, lifestyle and more. It is also where you can find memorials for those we’ve lost.

Downtown Minneapolis on June 30, 2026, at 8:30 AM, when the temperature was 80 degrees. The Twin Cities Metro, along with much of the United States, is under a heat advisory. (Photo by Zack Benz, Daily Planet)
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A heat dome is baking half the country as Europe’s deadly heat wave grinds on

The eastern half of the country is settling into its most widespread heat wave of the summer so far, part of a global pattern that's already proven deadly overseas, where Europe remains locked in a historic heat dome with no real end in sight.

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The Carlson Towers, part of the Carlson Center business park on Carlson Parkway near Minnetonka, Plymouth, and Hopkins, in the western suburbs of Minneapolis in the Twin Cities, Minnesota. (Photo by Tony Webster, courtesy of the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license)
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Minnetonka awarded $50,000 youth climate grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies

Minnetonka is one of 300 cities worldwide selected for Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Youth Climate Action Fund, which will help finance youth-led environmental initiatives through local microgrants.

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