Play4min 40secThe green energy gridlock at the CapitolMarch 15, 2024 2:38 PMBy Paul Huttner, Ngoc Bui, and Matt AlvarezGenerating and delivering energy has evolved over the last 50 years, but slowing down climate change requires a bigger effort with government legislation.
DNR limits walleye fishing to catch-and-release on Mille Lacs through mid AugustMarch 13, 2024 4:16 PMBy Kirsti MarohnThe Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says it’s adjusting the open-water regulations for the popular destination lake in north-central Minnesota due in part to hungrier walleye and high catch rates.
Play4min 34secIn northern Minnesota, researchers and foresters prepare for emerald ash borer invasionMarch 13, 2024 4:00 AMBy Dan KrakerThe invasive emerald ash borer has slowly munched its way across the state since it was first discovered in St. Paul in 2009. Now it’s on the doorstep of the largest ash forest in North America.
Play4min 07secMinnesota lawmakers look to put packaging companies on the hook for materials wasteMarch 13, 2024 4:00 AMBy Clay MastersAmid growing amounts of discarded packaging materials, lawmakers ask: Who should pay to deal with it and how to slim the pile? A bill before the Minnesota Legislature puts that onus on packaging companies.
Play4min 07secMinnesota-grown technology helps scientists track wildlife around the globeMarch 13, 2024 4:00 AMBy Dan KrakerMuch of the research conducted around the world on hundreds of species of wildlife — from large mammals including moose and wolves, to birds and fish and reptiles, even insects — relies on technology developed, in part, in Minnesota.
Play4min 20secClimate solution or pipe dream? Carbon capture and coal power plantsMarch 13, 2024 4:00 AMBy Dan GundersonAn electric cooperative that serves customers in Minnesota and North Dakota wants to build one of the worlds largest carbon capture facilities. Skeptics doubt Project Tundra will work, but the Biden administration has thrown its support behind the nearly $2 billion project.
Bill calls for all of Upper Red Lake to be returned to Red Lake NationMarch 12, 2024 4:17 PMBy Mathew Holding Eagle IIIFollowing on the heels of bills to return thousands of acres to the White Earth Nation, a Minnesota House bill is calling for Upper Red Lake to be returned to the Red Lake Nation.
Play8min 39secStudy: Removing PFAS will cost more than global GDP at current emission ratesMarch 11, 2024 2:48 PMBy Cathy Wurzer, CJ Younger, and Aleesa KuznetsovNew research on forever chemicals estimates the cost for removal at over $100 trillion.
Wolf hunt legislation introduced once more at Minnesota LegislatureMarch 9, 2024 8:00 AMBy Mathew Holding Eagle IIIBills to mandate an open wolf season have once again been introduced at the Minnesota Legislature. They would also establish a deer task force to increase deer populations in the northeast. Similar bills have failed in recent years in St Paul.
DNR reports hunters took fewer deer during 2023 seasonMarch 9, 2024 8:00 AMBy Mathew Holding Eagle IIIThe Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reports deer harvest numbers were down 8 percent throughout the state in 2023 compared to the previous season. They were also 14 percent less than the five-year average.