Elizabeth Dunbar

A biennial state report that assesses the greenhouse gases Minnesota emits now includes a newly understood source of the pollution that contributes to climate change.

Several species of destructive tree-eating insects — some native to Minnesota, others not — actually are cold-hardy enough that they'll likely survive until spring.

Revenue officials are encouraging Minnesotans eligible for free electronic filing to take advantage of it.

A bill that would supercharge Minnesota's renewable energy standard got its first hearing at the Capitol Tuesday.

Why did Xcel need to ask its customers across the state to lower their thermostats at a time when air temperatures across the state dropped into the minus 20s and wind chills were significantly lower? It comes down to distribution -- and pressure.

Xcel Energy has restored natural gas service to its customers in the Princeton area who lost service during the extreme cold.

The Minnesota House agriculture committee heard Thursday from a Kittson County farmer who lost her husband and from a counselor who gets calls seven days a week from those in need.

The MPCA wants to excavate hazardous waste from the old Waste Disposal Engineering landfill in Anoka County to avoid further contamination of air and water.

Lawmakers will hear Thursday how climate change exacerbates health problems -- from asthma to Lyme disease.

Several University of Minnesota experts walked the House committee members through the changes in temperature and precipitation the state is already seeing thanks to a changing climate.

Dozens of teenagers packed the governor's office on the third day of the new administration, asking for 100-percent renewable energy, no new pipelines and greenhouse gas emissions regulations.

From energy storage to pollinators, check some of the major environmental issues to watch during the 2019 legislative session.

Minnesota still is not meeting goals set in 2007 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all sources, including electricity, transportation, agriculture and industry.

Gov.-elect Tim Walz has tapped two women -- a former suburban mayor and a former Best Buy executive -- to oversee the two largest state agencies charged with looking out for Minnesota's environment and natural resources.

More than a million pictures of animals have been captured on about 100 cameras spread throughout the University of Minnesota's Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve near East Bethel.

The Opjorden family in Milan, Minn., is among only a handful in the country who has continuously supplied data to the National Weather Service for so many years.

The state Agriculture Department plans to print 155,000 copies of the directory, which features growers and producers throughout the state.

The oil pipeline project, which replaces and expands Enbridge's existing Line 3, received state approval earlier this year and is now trying to secure a number of permits.

State environmental regulators on Tuesday called for a deeper look at groundwater contamination in southeastern Minnesota as they rejected a proposed 4,800-head swine farrowing operation.

The U.S. Senate approved the farm bill Tuesday afternoon, and the House is expected to vote on it this week.