The study, begun in the final days of the Obama administration, was canceled by former President Donald Trump just four months shy of its completion.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency worked on the revisions for ten years and formally proposed the changes last winter. But the federal approval has left environmental activists reeling.
Wild rice thrives in water depths of one-to-three feet, though low water can make actually harvesting the grains a challenge.
Xcel told one customer they would need to wait 15 years to connect their solar system to its electric grid.
Public views on the issues may not be as sharply partisan as one might expect.
Or is it just you?
The ability to contain wildfires has more to do with favorable weather conditions than resources, according to Lee Frelich, director of the U of M’s Center for Forest Ecology.
A new study found that rising temperatures are projected to expose outdoor workers to hazardous heat conditions that will put both their health and wages at risk.
What this means for the controversial plan to operate a copper-nickel mine near the BWCA.
A fact sheet from the Biden administration estimated Minnesota would receive $68 million to build EV chargers across the state.
While we’re unlikely to see this year’s unique combination of heat, drought and pollution, we could see more frequent wildfires as the climate changes, experts say.
The Corps of Engineers plans to use mechanical equipment to clean the beach; that work will start next week. Meanwhile, there are signs warning beach-goers to watch for fragments.
While the U.S. government signed a series of treaties with the Anishinaabe people, including the Ojibwe, between 1825 and 1867, the most significant are those of 1837, 1854 and 1855.
As more things open up, people have other options for recreation — but there’s some evidence new outdoors habits have stuck.
Where some supporters and opponents of Line 3 see the Minnesota project and Keystone XL as largely similar issues, there are some major and minor differences between the pipeline proposals.
The omnibus commerce and energy policy and finance bill includes $16 million for solar projects on K-12 schools and nearly $5 million for community colleges.
GOPers blamed the agency’s Clean Cars rules — but was Bishop just a pawn in a bigger political game?
A brief primer on current events.
Their bill failed to pass this session, but Rep. Ami Wazlawik, DFL-White Bear Lake, and Sen. Karin Housley, R-Stillwater, plan to introduce the bipartisan measure to restrict HOAs again next year.
As the company restarted construction this week, opponents of the project geared up for a wave of larger demonstrations aimed at slowing or stopping the pipeline.
