Environment
Tension flared anew as protesters tried to push past a long-blocked bridge on a state highway, only to be turned back by a line of law enforcement using water cannon and what appeared to be tear gas.
EPA administrator Gina McCarthy speaks about the environmental and public health legacy of the Obama Administration, with an emphasis on efforts to combat the global effects of climate change.
The Obama administration has removed Arctic locations from planned oil and gas leases for the next 5 years. Ten of the 11 approved lease areas are in the Gulf of Mexico.
The St. Cloud City Council has put off discussing a proposal to build a solar garden in part of a local cemetery after neighbors spoke out.
The head of the company building the Dakota Access oil pipeline said Friday that it won't be rerouted but that he'd like to meet with the head of an American Indian tribe to try to ease the tribe's concerns about the project.
The Obama administration is blocking new oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean, handing a victory to environmentalists who say industrial activity in the icy waters will harm whales, walruses and other wildlife and exacerbate global warming.
The Mississippi River Collaborative is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to step up before President-Elect Donald Trump takes office.
Starbucks, General Mills and Nike were among more than 360 companies and investors urging Trump and elected officials in an open letter to "continue U.S. participation" in the Paris climate accord.
A federal judge likely won't decide until early next year whether to give the developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline permission to finish the $3.8 billion project, according to court documents.
On Tuesday, the USGS announced that a swath of West Texas known as the Wolfcamp shale contains 20 billion barrels of oil and 16 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
A group of 21 young people are suing the federal government for failing to protect them from the harmful effects of greenhouse gas emissions.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued a long-delayed proposed permit for a major taconite mine on the Iron Range, less than a week after environmentalists sued over the state's oversight of the mine.
The endangered Florida panther has bred only south of the Caloosahatchee River since 1973. Now, a female has turned up on the north side, and it could be a good thing for the future of the species.
No matter what changes the new president may bring for energy policy, here in Minnesota, the election's most consequential change may be at the state legislature.
The rallies are among more than 300 across the country, asking that the federal government reject final permits for the controversial oil pipeline that has generated months of Native American protests in the Dakotas.
The company building the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline is urging a federal court to speed up approval of its plan to lay pipe under a Missouri River reservoir, arguing Tuesday that further delays could add millions of dollars each month to the cost.
Officials suspect some cases of arson. In Alabama, the governor is offering an award for information about anyone who purposely set fires. A severe drought has increased the risk posed by blazes.
The Corps said it wants to further discuss the pipeline with the Standing Rock Sioux before it decides whether to allow it to cross under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota.
The engineers want more study and tribal input before deciding whether to allow the disputed Dakota Access pipeline to cross under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota.
The end of harvest means the beginning of work to implement Minnesota's new buffer law, and Minnesota farmers remain divided over the initiative.