Environment

Collecting certain conifer cones in Minnesota could make you some money this winter.

A cookware group is suing the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency over the new law banning PFAS in cookware, claiming it’s unconstitutional.

After his passing at the age of 100, Jimmy Carter is being remembered as the president who helped keep the Boundary Waters what it is today.

The shelves and prices at your local grocery store could look a little different soon. The Colorado River, which provides water for about 15% of our country’s agriculture, is shrinking.

Former President Jimmy Carter will be widely remembered as a champion of conservation, but perhaps fewer know just how much he did to preserve his home state of Georgia and beyond.

You may not need as much rock salt to melt icy driveways and sidewalks as you think—and using too much is having some ill effects on the environment.

Officials are warning Minnesotans to dispose of their Christmas trees properly once the holiday season is over, or risk spreading more than holiday cheer.

Leaders in Minnesota are highlighting a new program that aims to make all packaging "refillable, reusable, recyclable, or compostable" by 2032.

When former 3M lab scientist Kris Hansen found the company’s chemicals were in human blood in 1997, she said "it was like finding the big red 3M logo in the blood of the general population." 

The new study suggested that 4 million seabirds died following unusually warm conditions in the northeastern Pacific Ocean between 2014 and 2016.

The emperor penguin, dubbed Gus, had somehow swam over 2,000 miles from his icy home and was found on a sun-drenched beach in Denmark, Western Australia, earlier this month.

Zebra mussels are significantly altering the ecosystems of Minnesota lakes, according to a study that ties the invasive species to higher mercury levels in fish.

Minneapolis officials are working to replace aging water infrastructure, including lead pipes, at properties across the city without any charge to owners. 

Resort owners said the walleye limit announcement will get ice anglers excited for the winter season but they know all too well from last year, it will be all weather permitting.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey signed a resolution on Thursday, urging Hennepin County to close a trash incinerator.

Minnesotans voted in favor of renewing the state constitutional amendment to put lottery dollars toward the environment.