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As climate changes, taxpayers will shoulder larger U.S. payouts to farmers

As climate changes, taxpayers will shoulder larger U.S. payouts to farmers

That's good for farmers but bad for taxpayers, who subsidize government-backed crop insurance. The fate of research that forecasts these costs is in doubt as economists and scientists leave the USDA.
by Dan Charles

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This economic theory could be used to pay for the Green New Deal

This economic theory could be used to pay for the Green New Deal

Liberal Democrats have embraced an obscure brand of economics — "modern monetary theory" — to make the case for deficit-financed government programs like the Green New Deal for clean energy and jobs.
by Scott Horsley

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Has your doctor talked with you about climate change?

Has your doctor talked with you about climate change?

Some physicians say connecting environmental effects of climate change -- heat waves, more pollen and longer allergy seasons -- to the health consequences helps them better care for patients.
by Martha Bebinger

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Fact check: Dems on migrant kids, the rich and climate

Fact check: Dems on migrant kids, the rich and climate

A fired-up field of Democrats stumbled on some facts at the most visceral turns in their debate Thursday as they took on and sometimes sparred over race, the treatment of migrant children, the climate and the super-rich.
by The Associated Press

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How do species adapt as climate shifts habitats?

Elizabeth Crone, a biology professor at Tufts University, explains on this edition of Climate Cast.
by Paul Huttner

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Can fertilizer fuel greener tractors?

Can fertilizer fuel greener tractors?

University of Minnesota researchers developed a tractor engine that can run on a mixture of diesel fuel and anhydrous ammonia, a common nitrogen fertilizer.
by Dan Gunderson

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Going 'zero carbon' is all the rage. But will it slow climate change?

Going 'zero carbon' is all the rage. But will it slow climate change?

Cities, states, businesses and electric utilities are setting ambitious goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions. But it's not clear exactly how they'll do that or whether it will actually work.
by Nathan Rott

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Two scientists on impact of climate change in Minnesota

Two scientists on impact of climate change in Minnesota

Scientists Lee Frelich and Gayle Schueller discuss the impact of climate change, particularly in Minnesota.
by MPR News Staff

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Wolves, deer and a new state bee: How the environment fared at the Legislature

Wolves, deer and a new state bee: How the environment fared at the Legislature

There was a lot of give-and-take at the last minute between the DFL-controlled House and Republican-controlled Senate. Some provisions -- like establishing grants to get kids outdoors -- made it through, while others -- like lifting the state's ban on new nuclear power plants -- were abandoned.
by Dan Gunderson, Elizabeth Dunbar, Dan Kraker and Kirsti Marohn

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