Reflections on my reporting about the environment and global warming
My kind of reporting is not everyone’s cup of tea.
Don Shelby
Don Shelby has a special interest in the environment and ecology. Before retiring in 2010, he worked for 32 years as anchor, investigative reporter and environmental correspondent for WCCO-TV.
Environmentalists take on MPCA over pollution in BWCA and northern parks
A pollution-bearing haze is coming from coal-fired power plants and taconite operations.
Why I never want to cover politicians
I am most saddened and angered by the hubris of candidates who say they know that global warming is a hoax.
My house on Parade of Homes and a new way of thinking
Parade of Homes veterans tell me the house is attracting a different breed of tourist. This crowd asks harder questions.
Monsanto asks its scientists if global warming is real
The company’s Dr. David I. Gustafson concludes global warming is indeed real and will be a problem for farmers.
Darby Nelson: A modern-day Thoreau
Nelson has written a book, “For Love of Lakes,” that’s a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award.
Interfaith Power & Light seeks to protect our earth as creation of God
I went to church Sunday, and I sent a Valentine’s Day card to a U.S. senator.
With Legacy fund ‘backfilling’ of budget cuts, Legislature seems to be breaking spirit of the law
The Conservation Minnesota group pointedly suggests that the questionable practice is going on, but those engaged in the budget fixes argue that they’ve stayed within the letter of the law.
Cities, industries have reduced their Mississippi River pollution — now it’s farmers’ turn
Minnesota is the first test state for a new, voluntary program to limit farm runoff.