ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Swiss-based global commodities giant Glencore AG says it’s taking a 72% stake in PolyMet Mining, gaining majority control over what’s slated...
HOYT LAKES, Minn. (AP) — Developers of a proposed copper-nickel mine in northern Minnesota are courting bankers for $950 million in financing, even as environmental groups...
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s frac sand industry is grappling with several idled mines as the sector faces increased competition in Texas and Oklahoma. Kent...
DETROIT (AP) — Environmental advocates are raising awareness about the dangers of balloons for wildlife in the Great Lakes and elsewhere. Volunteers for the Alliance for...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is close to completing one of its biggest rollbacks of environmental rules, replacing a landmark Obama-era effort that sought to...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday said state regulators must conduct a further review for Enbridge Energy’s plan to replace...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill designed to bolster the state’s pollution credit-trading system. The Senate approved the bill unanimously...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two of Wisconsin’s most polluted sites on the Great Lakes are marking cleanup milestones, after the state Department of Natural Resources declared...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth is sick with multiple and worsening environmental ills killing millions of people yearly, a new U.N. report says. Climate change, a global...
RIMINI, Mont. (AP) — Every day many millions of gallons of water loaded with arsenic, lead and other toxic metals flow from some of the most...
We Energies wants to increase how much mercury it can release into Lake Michigan from its Oak Creek coal-burning plant by over three times what is...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday that his administration will keep pursuing an appeal of an independent regulatory commission’s approval of...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — For decades in Minnesota, landfills for construction and demolition debris have not been required to use linings that stop toxic pollutants from seeping...
Under President Donald Trump, federal agencies have moved to roll back regulations for companies that extract, transport and burn oil, gas and coal. Government analyses show...
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — As the Trump administration rolls back environmental and safety rules for the energy sector, government projections show billions of dollars in savings...
AP file photo HARMONY, Minn. — Fillmore County will get one more chance to speak out on plans for a huge hog farm near Harmony. The Minnesota...
A dairy farm in northeast Iowa will pay a $100,000 fine for violating air-quality standards. The Prairie Farms Dairy of Luana, in Clayton County, also will...
Winona County’s biggest dairy farm wants to expand and neighbors will get a chance tonight to find out more about the plan. The Minnesota Pollution Control...
Political payback at play possibly for penalties never imposed. That’s being suggested from the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign in relation to the DNR waiving fines for Hi-Crush...
The Coulee Region has had more than its share of rain and flooding over the last couple of months. That’s one reason why the La Crosse...