A federal judge today will hear arguments in a suit challenging Minnesota's Next Generation Energy Act.
(04/12/2012)
A community group in Cottage Grove says it has collected more than 400 signatures on a petition asking for a detailed environmental review for 3M's plan to bring hazardous waste to its incinerator.
(04/10/2012)
The Minnesota House of Representatives Thursday passed a wide-ranging bill on environmental policy that some critics say rolls back certain key protections.
(04/06/2012)
Scientists have noted a surprising drop in the invasive zebra mussel population in the St. Croix River.
(04/05/2012)
A court battle continues over a proposed 450-foot cell phone tower near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
(04/04/2012)
A Supreme Court ruling on Monday allowing jailers to strip search people arrested for minor offenses has caught many observers by surprise.
(04/03/2012)
A former Minneapolis firefighter faces a potential maximum penalty of life in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine.
(04/03/2012)
The Kerber family is well-known to their neighbors who are trying to comprehend the accident that killed five members of the Minnesota family, and injured 12 others.
(04/02/2012)
The Minnesota family that lost five members in a crash in Kansas on Sunday is close knit and well respected, a neighbor says.
(04/02/2012)
Xcel Energy wants the state to review its plan to boost power at the Prairie Island nuclear plant.
(03/31/2012)
The legislature today passed and sent to the Gov. Mark Dayton a bill to speed up environmental review and permitting processes.
(03/29/2012)
High prices for corn and soybeans are expected to prompt farmers to shift a lot of conservation land to crop production over the next five years in Minnesota.
(03/29/2012)
Outdoor groups say hunters and anglers in Minnesota are observing the effects of global warming.
(03/29/2012)
A decision on a plan to deal with haze affecting the Boundary Waters and Voyageurs National Park has been postponed to give more time for a mining company to negotiate.
(03/27/2012)
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency today takes another step in a long-running effort to clean up the air over some of Minnesota's most cherished places. The MPCA's Citizens' Board will consider submitting a state plan to reduce air pollution to the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
(03/27/2012)
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