State of the Environment report on Earth Day

The director of the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment, Jon Foley, gives an Earth Day report card on the quality of our water, air and land. What are the biggest problems, and the biggest successes?

Guests

• Jonathan Foley: Director of the Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota. McKnight Presidential Chair in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. He also leads the Institute on the Environment's Global Landscapes Initiative.

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Resources

• about Jon Foley
• Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota