Environment

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board is calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to revisit a 1993 study on hydrofluoric acid in the wake of an explosion and series of fires at the Husky Energy oil refinery in Superior last year.

Cleanup crews are responding to a diesel pipeline leak in southwestern Minnesota.

Fans of fresh mushrooms have been flocking to an unlikely spot in Minneapolis for their fungi fix in recent years, but a proposed redevelopment of the site has the farm's founder worried he may have to shut down.

The Buffalo-Red River Watershed District board deals with a lot of water disputes, but none as weighty as the massive Fargo-Moorhead flood diversion project. The board president said they can't stop the project but will seek "justice" for those harmed by it.

More than 100 shipping containers had been declared to hold recyclable plastic scraps. But when they arrived in Manila, officials found household trash, including adult diapers.

"Cities are the ones that are going to be feeling the brunt of the burden associated with climate change and so cities need the resources to be able to attack that head on," Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey tells Climate Cast.

Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe is one of the most prominent speakers on climate change, in part because she talks about the importance of communicating with people who don't already agree on the subject.

Rescuers continue to search for survivors of Monday's quake, which trapped people in a collapsed supermarket in Pampanga province and caused panicked office workers to flee buildings in Manila.

Pregnant women, especially Hmong women, who use skin-lightening products or who eat certain kinds of fish more often may be putting themselves and their babies at risk for mercury exposure, state health officials warned Tuesday.

"Natural organic reduction" is an accelerated decomposition process that turns bodies into soil within weeks.

While it may seem that heaps of plastic from meal kit delivery services make them less environmentally friendly than traditional grocery shopping, a new study suggests that's not necessarily true.

A closely watched Wright County pilot program aimed at preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species is ending.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has overturned a ruling that the Department of Natural Resources violated the Minnesota Environmental Rights Act in managing groundwater pumping permits.

Minnesotans of all shapes and species are rushing out to enjoy the warm spring weather. That includes black bears, which have begun stumbling out of hibernation and onto your bird feeder.

A new podcast from American Public Media, Field Work, will have frank conversations with farmers and other members of the agriculture community about what it means to be green in farming.

We last checked in with Minnesota wildflower experts Phyllis Root and Kelly Povo in March, for early signs of spring blooms. Then, a big winter storm swept the state.

PFAS are a family of chemicals accumulating in the soil, rivers, drinking water and the human body. How much exposure to these substances in clothes, firefighting foam and food wrap is too much?

As students around the globe participate in Earth Day, a new NPR/Ipsos poll finds 55 percent of teachers don't teach or talk about climate change and 46 percent of parents haven't discussed it with their kids.

APM special: "Just Eat It: Why Food Waste Matters" presents the environmental challenges of food production and waste.