Denmark’s Lego says it remains committed to its quest to find sustainable materials to reduce carbon emissions, even after an experiment by the world’s largest toymaker to use recycled bottles did not work.
The White House says the program will provide paid training to 20,000 Americans in its first year. It’s much smaller than its New Deal predecessor, but targets a more diverse group of young people.
The protest comes after a summer of extreme weather events and just ahead of a U.N. summit aimed at prodding global leaders to cut emissions more quickly.
Climate change, technological leaps, panicked insurers, the shifting sense of responsibility: All are powering the still-nascent, but fast-growing industry of preparing homes for wildfires.
MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about the mental health impact of climate change on young adults and what can be done to help ease climate anxiety.
The impacts of climate change including related disasters, such as wildfires and sea level rise, are increasingly raising a question about how best to save cultural heritage.
At the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District, working on the front lines of mosquito control can be a prickly job. A technician volunteered to stick her arm into a glass tank to give scores of the insects a chance to feed on her blood. It was all in the name of sustaining a species important for research.
When it comes to staying informed in Minnesota, our newsletters overdeliver. Sign-up now for headlines, breaking news, hometown stories, weather and much more. Delivered weekday mornings.