Play4min 38secWhat's the best way to help the climate and people, too? Home improvementJune 22, 2021 7:29 AMBy Dan Charles President Joe Biden wants to spend $200 billion renovating old homes or building affordable new ones. It's a move that would fight climate change in a way that makes people's lives better.
Play4min 31secMinn. farmers: Cashing in on the carbon bank, fighting climate change?June 22, 2021 4:48 AMBy Dan GundersonPresident Joe Biden wants U.S. farmers to be the first in the world with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. The details around how they might achieve that goal are still unclear, but one idea getting a lot of attention involves paying farmers to store carbon in the soil — as a way to reduce the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
The record temperatures enveloping the West are not your average heat waveJune 19, 2021 4:58 PMBy Eric Westervelt This record-setting heat wave's remarkable power, size and unusually early appearance is giving meteorologists and climate experts yet more cause for concern about the routinization of extreme weather in an era of climate change.
Play3min 56secAirlines work to scale up sustainable jet fuelJune 17, 2021 5:36 PMBy Paul HuttnerWaste from crops, logging — even cities — can be turned into a more sustainable jet fuel. Airlines are lobbying for tax incentives that would put more of it into their fuel mix.
How much is it worth to leave an old pipeline in the ground? State regulators reject call to clarify Line 3 removal programJune 17, 2021 10:15 AMBy Dan KrakerMore than 250 landowners who live along an oil pipeline corridor that cuts across northern Minnesota can expect to receive additional information in the mail in the next few weeks about removing those pipelines from their land.
Play1hr 00min 16secChris Farrell's 'The Greener Good' series: Ethical investing June 17, 2021 1:00 AMThe final of a three-part series by MPR's Chris Farrell about the economy and climate change, called "The Greener Good." This episode is about ethical investing.
'We held a lot of good ground': Line 3 protest and prayer camp disbands near Mississippi River crossingJune 15, 2021 8:15 AMBy Kirsti MarohnA group of about 100 people who oppose the pipeline that is primed to be laid near a stretch of the Mississippi in Clearwater County pitched tents, built compost toilets and established a camp along the timber-mat boardwalk that extends to the riverbanks. The group ended its eight-day occupation of the space Monday evening.
Play4min 45secState appeals court upholds approval of Line 3 oil pipelineJune 14, 2021 10:15 AMBy Dan KrakerOn a 2-1 vote, a Minnesota Court of Appeals panel has upheld the state's approval of the Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project, dealing a blow to tribes and environmental groups battling the project.
Line 3 opponents challenge pipeline's state water permit in courtJune 10, 2021 5:00 PMBy Kirsti MarohnThe Minnesota Court of Appeals heard arguments Thursday over a challenge to a key water quality permit that it granted to the Line 3 oil pipeline project.
Play4min 26secHow Midwest dairy farmers are cashing in on California's clean fuel standardsJune 10, 2021 2:43 PMBy Paul HuttnerMinnesota state lawmakers are trying to hammer out a deal on clean car rules. Meanwhile, Midwest dairy farmers are cashing in on California's clean car standards by supplying the state with perhaps the smelliest clean fuel out there.