Environment

As the end of the ice fishing season approaches, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is reminding anglers of the upcoming deadlines for the removing their fish houses from the state’s lakes. 

A Minnesota forester is back in the Twin Cities after fighting the devastating bushfires in Australia.

Police say the fire at the Northern Metals recycling facility in Becker, Minnesota that raged for days has been put out.

Four days after flames broke out, the fire at the Northern Metals facility in Becker, Minnesota is still burning and officials say it could still another couple of days before every flame is extinguished.

Early air quality test results from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency do not show signs of dangerous levels of chemicals following the massive fire at Northern Metals in Becker, Minnesota, according to the latest update from the Becker Police Department.

Minnesota’s top pollution regulators ordered a Minneapolis recycling company to shut down some of its operations because of a massive fire that has burned for days in Sherburne County.

Minnesota health and pollution officials are asking people to stay away from the Northern Metals facility in Becker while crews work to put out the fire and air quality testing continues.

While the department realizes it cannot enforce everywhere, it will be keeping a close eye on those who neglect their duty to clean up after themselves when they remove their fish houses this spring.

Officials are keeping a close eye on air quality as a fire at the Northern Metal Recycling facility in Becker, Minnesota continues to burn Wednesday. 

Officials are investigating a fire that started overnight at the Northern Metal Recycling facility in Becker, Minnesota. As officials warn residents of poor air quality, the police chief said it could take days to fully extinguish the fire.

There’s always something to worry about.

Elementary school students at St. Jude on the Lake Catholic School in Mahtomedi are learning about sustainable farming systems by raising fish and growing plants in an aquaponics system. 

This may go down as the decade coal energy died, but it’s not going down without a fight.  

Environmental activist groups and the union of custodial workers who clean major Twin Cities office buildings released a study Monday criticizing Minnesota corporations for policies they say block solutions to climate change and environmental racism.

An off-leash dog park in Carver County, Minnesota may close "due to unsanitary conditions" after patrons have failed to clean up after their pets.

Minnesota utility regulators on Monday approved a revised environmental review for Enbridge Energy's plan to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline across the state.