City officials plan to cull the crow population after more than a decade of nonlethal attempts to disperse them from downtown.
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Minnesota utilities expect billions from Biden’s clean energy law. Its future under Trump is uncertain.
Power companies say grants and tax credits will help them bring down the cost of a shift away from fossil fuels for customers. There is some GOP support for the Inflation Reduction Act as it pours money into politically conservative areas.
November 15, 2024
Environment
Amid rise in theft of holiday ‘decorative materials,’ Minnesotan charged in illegal harvest of spruce tops
Babbitt man is charged with felony theft, while in Saginaw an overweight truck turns up illegally purchased spruce tops and pine boughs.
November 13, 2024
Outdoors
Minnesota’s 2024 deer hunt in pictures
Firearm season began Saturday, Nov. 9.
November 13, 2024
St. Paul
Como Park Zoo and Conservatory breaks ground on energy efficiency project
Como Zoo uses approximately one quarter of all the energy consumed by St. Paul-owned facilities.
November 13, 2024
Environment
RFK Jr. says fluoride ‘is on its way out.’ Here’s why Minnesota uses it, and what the risks are.
Fluoride has been shown repeatedly to lower dental costs, tooth decay and the risk of serious dental complications. But research shows high levels of the chemical can harm a child’s IQ.
November 12, 2024
Outdoors
Taurid meteor shower nearing peak
Also learn about fuzzy goldenrod and sea smoke this week in nature in Minnesota.
November 11, 2024
Environment
Minnesota homeowners say they were hit with huge hidden fees when going solar
Attorney General Keith Ellison has accused finance companies of hiding big fees while offering low interest rates to solar customers. The companies say they’re obeying the law.
November 8, 2024
Elections![Rising above the treeline (Top of this photo), on the shore of Birch Lake, the Twin Metals Copper Nickel Mine Plant site and Tailings Management site is part of the proposed plan. ] In theory, the copper-nickel mine Twin Metals wants to build in the headwaters of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is a zero-discharge mine -- a closed loop that will endlessly recycle millions of gallons of water, including rainwater and the polluted process water it uses to extract ore and](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/YHBTRGPTHTAE2QDYTS6YZ24OS4.jpg?&w=252&ar=3:2&fit=crop)
What Trump's victory means for proposed mines near the BWCA in northern Minnesota
Removing a federal ban on mining near the BWCA will be one of Trump's first priorities, he said this summer.
November 7, 2024
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Park Board recommends closure of four outdoor rinks partly because of climate change
The closures will address a $1.5 million funding gap in the 2025 parks budget.
November 7, 2024
Local
Project 2025 platform proposal aims to allow mining in Boundary Waters watershed
The proposal suggests removing the 20-year protection on the Superior National Forest that President Joe Biden’s administration had ordered in 2023.
November 6, 2024
Elections
Minnesota voters overwhelmingly approve renewal of dedicated lottery funding for environment
About 77% of voters supported maintaining the funding, according to preliminary election results released Wednesday morning.
November 6, 2024
Environment
Check this Minnesota map to find out if your home’s drinking water comes through a lead pipe
A new online tool for Minnesota is part of federal and state goals to get the lead out of plumbing by the mid-2030s.
November 5, 2024