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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The retailer is hoping it'll attract more people to its stores.
The saloon is an apparent victim of the Southwest Light Rail project.
Dance team state tournaments were first held in 1975.
The brewery is exporting some of its beers across the Pacific.
The crash happened just before 5 p.m. Monday.
The 16-screen cinema had its last day on Thursday.
Thielen had made it a habit to dominant Minnesota's border rival.
The Monday event included an awkward viral moment, and some serious climate talk.
He was changing air filters on rooftop AC units.
Polanco had four hits and four RBI, including a clutch home run.
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.
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."
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for more than a decade has allowed a sewage treatment plant to pollute recreational lakes in Alexandria, an environmental law firm alleges in a new lawsuit. It's the latest in a string of complaints by advocacy groups who say the state's top environmental regulator is not tough enough in protecting Minnesota's lakes and rivers.
The president's budget plan includes money to help clean up pollution in the lakes and keep out the invasive Asian carp, among other environmental initiatives.
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.
