Climate

As Line 3 construction rolls on, river crossings draw pipeline resisters
Environmental groups and Ojibwe tribes in Minnesota are particularly concerned about the places where the pipeline will cross rivers, streams and wetlands. They worry that a spill or leak could contaminate valuable water resources, where tribes retain treaty rights to hunt, fish and gather wild rice.
Study: As temps warm, lakes' deep waters are losing oxygen
Researchers found a widespread decline in oxygen in both the surface water of most lakes and especially in deep water, a trend that could lead to a loss of biodiversity.
Buried alive in Mongolia's worst sandstorms in a decade
Even the rescue teams could not go forward during one of the fiercest of many sandstorms this spring in Mongolia. Herders have lost their animals — an estimated 1.6 million livestock — and their lives.
The week that shook Big Oil
A set of events shook the oil world this week: A tiny shareholder won a battle with Exxon, investors put pressure on Chevron and a Dutch court ordered Shell to slash emissions.
Refurbished wind turbine powers homes — and learning in Chaska
It travelled some 1,800 miles from Palm Springs, California. Now the wind turbine near Pioneer Ridge Middle School in Chaska, Minnesota, is offering affordable electricity to nearby homes, as well as learning opportunities to the area’s schoolchildren.
Melting snow usually means water for the West. But this year, it might not be enough
Much of the West is in extreme drought, and a good spring snowmelt could bring relief. But drought and the warming climate make that less likely, putting the water supply for millions of people at risk.
Will Steger’s climate journey closes out Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival
The documentary “After Antarctica” follows Will Steger’s journey as a polar explorer and dissects the changes to the planet’s polar regions over the years. Guest host Chris Farrell spoke with Steger and director Tasha Van Zandt about the film and climate change.