Voters can opt to continue lottery funding for the environment in November.
School trust lands continue to stir controversy
Invasive carp are surging in the Mississippi River. Will people and pets eat them?
Researchers are looking for ways to make invasive Asian carp more palatable for humans, or for dogs.
Invasive plants: a worthwhile fight
Battling invasive plants can be a lot of work, but when you think about how much the earth gives us, it seems the least we can do.
Underground… and out of mind?
Talon Metals plans to build an underground nickel mine in a mineral-rich part of Aitkin County. Environmental advocates are concerned.
Can we transform recycling?
Recycling can be confusing. Several bills in the Minnesota legislature this year are designed to make it easier for us and more comprehensive. They would flip the current pattern and make producers take responsibility for the entire life cycle of their products.
Finding new ways to assert treaty rights and protect the environment
White Earth attorney Frank Bibeau is coming up with new ways to protect the environment by asserting tribal rights.
Environmental Review: how are we doing?
How well is Minnesota’s environmental review program working?
Protecting wild rice: will site-specific standards work?
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has been trying for years to figure out how to get taconite mines to reduce the sulfate in their effluent because it damages wild rice. The current effort involves something called Site Specific Standards, and it looks likely that it will have no more success than previous attempts.
In northern Minnesota, early adopters make the case for cold-climate heat pumps
Heat pump installers and early adopters in and around Duluth, Minnesota, are demonstrating how the technology can work even in a notoriously cold climate such as northern Minnesota.