EnvironmentTwo taconite producers, considered by environmentalists as major contributors to low air quality in the Iron Range, have reached a settlement that will allow them time to develop and install new technology to reduce pollutants.
A Department of Natural Resources official says he's surprised by opposition to a plan requiring boaters take online invasive species training but confident a compromise can be found.
Minnesota set a new goal last year for metro counties to recycle and compost 75 percent of solid waste by 2030.
The 1.1-million acre Boundary Waters is America's most visited wilderness area, attracting 250,000 visitors annually.
City residents will support the program through an additional service charge of $3.40 per month -- regardless of whether they participate.
Meanwhile, the state is relaxing walleye size restrictions for Lake Winnibigoshish in northern Minnesota.
Some of Minnesota's most active environmentalists are artists. Whether poets or performers, visual artists or musicians, their work consistently focuses on environmental ills.
The U.S. Department of Interior says the new recommendations have the potential to be one of the largest conservation measures "since Congress passed the visionary Wilderness Act over 50 years ago."
Extreme heat events caused by climate change could transform the Midwest's economy, a Cargill executive and a former treasury secretary told a Minneapolis business crowd on Friday.
As the trial gets underway this week, we look at how oil companies think about future drilling, fracking and mining.
The Upper St. Anthony Falls lock, which began passing ships up and down the Mississippi River in 1963, will close in June.
The Marshall project, a 500-acre solar panel complex, is part of a state push to generate more electricity. But area residents say it is too much for a rural setting.
It comes days after up to 50,000 gallons of oil spilled from a break in a pipeline along the Yellowstone River. Saturday's spill is the second in the river since 2011.
John Cruden returns to the department as litigation over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill intensifies. He'll also defend Obama climate change rules and try to protect wildlife while in the post.
Pipeline company Enbridge hopes research can head off a possible obstacle to the construction of the Sandpiper pipeline.
The proposal is likely to draw opposition from farmers and other affected landowners in southern Minnesota.
Bird advocates have cited a much smaller figure -- around $1 million -- for the cost of "fritted" glass.
The program encourages farmers to adopt voluntary clean water practices. Those who get certified are assured that regulations won't change on them for 10 years.
The fungus that causes white-nose syndrome was found in two of Minnesota's largest bat enclaves.
U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson is co-sponsoring a bill that would undo recent court decisions that have blocked four states from allowing hunting and trapping of wolves for sport and predator control.