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Stumbling toward clean energy

Trump paused spending under the Inflation Reduction Act on the first day of his second term. What other resources are there to move the energy transition along?

The Rockhounds

February 6, 2026 By Laurie Allmann

Kyle and Reid Hamlin put on the miles

Hay Lake

Yet another delay in enforcing sulfate limits on wild rice waters

January 3, 2026 By Stephanie Hemphill

Homeland

December 5, 2025 By Dominique Braud, Peter Ostroushko, Agate

Riches beyond measure

On Toolik Time

August 16, 2025 By Sara de Sobrino

Sara de Sobrino takes us to a field station in arctic Alaska

Streambank erosion in Renville County

Pollution in farm country

August 2, 2025 By Stephanie Hemphill

We face challenges addressing deeply entrenched pollution problems in farm country.

Seduced by the Merlin App

July 14, 2025 By John Toren

John Toren ponders the merits

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