The vice president turned environmental activist says severe storms linked to climate changes are causing wastewater plants to dump sewage in the lakes, which causes algae growth.
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But there's also been a drop in the number of available jobs in the state.
Tens of thousands of documents have been released on Thursday.
His family said he was fighting a rare, aggressive form of cancer.
It's to mark World Car-Free Day.
Police found the vehicle resting on its roof in a ravine.
The environment will be favorable for strong tornadoes.
Police say the child "darted into traffic" and was hit.
Karen Monahan posted the document on Twitter Wednesday.
The victim is 40-year-old Andrew Lee Little.
He's facing a felony for attempted robbery.
The GM thinks Butler has quite the ego.
The Minnesota weatherman says he's a staunch Republican, a conservative and a Christian -- with a message some of his Republican friends don't want to hear: "Climate change is real."
A meteorologist with the NOAA says the warmth was a "freak event" caused by warm air blowing north from the Gulf of Mexico. But some outside scientists say climate change is indeed behind weather extremes like the March heatwave and that we should expect more.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency signed off on a plan to dump more than 13 tons of taconite concentrate into Rush Lake. The lake association wants to reduce the level of phosphorus, which leads to growth of algae and invasive pondweed. It hopes the taconite experiment will do the trick. Audubon Minnesota had argued for an environmental review.
U.S. Representative Chip Cravaack argued the $10 million National Science Foundation program duplicates other government efforts. The National Wildlife Foundation charges Cravaack with trying to keep children in the dark when it comes to climate change.
Back in the day, I told people to look at the data trends – not out the window – for evidence of global warming. But that's changing. As an editorial in this month's New Scientist magazine suggests, "From killer heatwaves to destructive floods, the effects of global warming are becoming ever more obvious – and we ain't seen nothing yet."
Researchers from the University of Minnesota are studying a cold-hardy bug that serves as a filling meal for trout during the winter season. The insect has little tolerance for warmth, and scientists tell the Star Tribune that even a small fluctuation in temperature could cause changes in the ecosystem.
Last week's historic flash flooding caused "extensive damage" to Duluth's 400-mile network of sewers, culverts, ditches and basins. The Star Tribune reports the northern Minnesota city is among the first wave of communities looking into how it might redesign the system to accommodate increasing precipitation -- which is a symptom of ongoing climate warming.