How lawmakers, officials plan to overhaul recycling in Minnesota
Mohamed Ibrahim reports on new legislation that would hold manufacturers of packaging waste accountable by collecting fees based on the type and total weight of waste produced.
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Not every plant takes root, but prairie interventions help with biodiversity
A St. Cloud church with a 15-acre prairie planted seedlings in 2022 that didn’t take off. Other plantings have worked. Here’s what we learned.
Drawn by Nature: Merlin app identifies unseen birds
Technology boosts appreciation for unseen singers, writes Lisa Meyers McClintick.
Burn brush and store carbon: How biochar works, falters as a potential climate solution
Even though the benefits of biochar for carbon sequestration are widely recognized, there are challenges to implement its use at scale.
Curing a greener concrete: Minnesota tests roads paved with carbon-injected concrete
Drivers on Interstate 94 west by Albertville are part of an experiment to lock up carbon pollution in concrete.
'This fire is not over for us': 3 years after the Greenwood Fire
The remote village of Isabella endured the brunt of the 2021 Greenwood Fire, leaving behind a burned landscape, piles of waste, and lots of questions.
How climate change has impacted agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa
Lauren Thamert, a student at the College of St. Benedict and St. John's University, spoke with residents of sub-Saharan African at COP28 about the effects climate change has had on agriculture.
Sprinklers in the forest: How lake water can protect northern Minnesota properties from fire and how they might fail
15 years after federal dollars funded sprinkler programs in northern Minnesota their success relies on local maintenance.
Fuel to the fire: How climate change makes wildfire season worse
What's at the intersection of climate change and wildfires, and what can we do to intervene?