Tag: Minnesota
Wildfires are getting worse. Can an old technique help control them?
Although wildfires are commonly associated with the West, the Great Lakes region has seen its share of destructive blazes. Lee Frelich, director of the University of Minnesota Center for Forest Ecology, warns that we will likely see more wildfires due to heat waves and droughts caused by climate change.
Vern Northrup is a former fireman and is a member of the Fond du Lac Band of Ojibwe.
Duluth councilors consider resolution advocating to keep EPA Lab
The Duluth City Council will be considering a resolution requesting federal officials to keep the U.S. EPA’s Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division lab in Duluth, Minnesota, open. About 150 […]
After six years, Ohio moves to end coal bailouts that have been in place since bribery scandal
Catch the latest energy news from around the Great Lakes region. Check back for these biweekly Energy News Roundups.
Just shy of six years since the passage of Ohio’s infamous House Bill 6, a more than $1 billion coal and nuclear bailout at the center of the largest bribery and money laundering scandal in state history, state lawmakers approved a bill that would repeal the coal subsidy House Bill 6 established.
Blue States Sue Feds Over Halt To Wind Energy Projects
Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have sued the federal government, alleging an executive order signed by the so-called president that mandated a halt to all wind energy projects both onshore and offshore is illegal, nonsensical, and contrary to other executive orders. New York Attorney General Letitia James is … [continued]
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Points North: My lakes are better than your lakes
By Daniel Wanschura
Points North is a biweekly podcast about the land, water and inhabitants of the Great Lakes.
This episode was shared here with permission from Interlochen Public Radio.
Minnesota is known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”.