environment

Are EV’s good for the environment and do the cost less money to drive? The answer is yes if you are talking to a politician, but the answer from Forbes is maybe.

By ordering this study, the process of having mining begin in that area is certainly slowed, but it doesn't necessarily mean it will never happen.

Rochester-based Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency is joining the growing movement in the energy industry to announce a plan that will significantly lower its CO2 emissions.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources today confirmed the presence of four invasive carp in state waters.

If you are going to be traveling today be aware the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air quality alert for eastern and central Minnesota effective Thursday, September 14 from 12-8pm. The affected area includes the Twin Cities Metro, Saint Cloud, Hinckley and the Tribal Nation of Mille Lacs.

This picture is another example of farmers being an environmentalist. The phrase reduce, reuse and recycle comes to mind. Mike, a coworker here at the studio, saw this picture and he thought I would like to see it. He knew I was a farmer and would know what a grain bin was and what it was normally used for...

Paul Pieper, Rice County Environmental Services Solid Waste Director, was on today's AM Minnesota program. It is nice to occasionally have Paul on AM Minnesota because in Paul's world of recycling things are always changing. It was a nice change when they went to a single source for waste that can be recycled...

Earlier this week the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced it was removing 640 stream miles from the public waters inventory. Actually, that was done about three months ago, but it became news this week when some environmental groups filed an appeal with the DNR...

I am sure you recognized the phrase Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. I am not sure when the environmental phrase was developed, but it did come from the environmental movement that began with the first Earth Day in the 1970s. In the picture is a unique way of reusing herbicide boxes -- as a foot stool and television stand...

Due to confusion and uncertainty about alternative practices that would be approved for required buffer strips and what actually needs a buffer, many farm groups were hoping the Minnesota Legislature would delay the deadline to implement Minnesota's buffer law...