Green Visions: "No more for me, thanks" - no seconds of smelt
Here's what we know: Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are getting into Lake Superior and getting into fish. Here's something else ...
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A feature on Duluth, Minnesota public radio station's Northland Morning program focusing on local environmental issues, heard Wednesdays at 8:20 a.m on 103.3fm or streaming at kumd.org.
Green Visions: help with the "triple whammy"
Old, energy-inefficient houses are bad enough. But add some dangerously cold weather and people needing to stay home thanks to a pandemic and you've g...
Green Visions: our wind turbines are winterized but we're not invincible
Yes, here in the upper Midwest, our wind turbines are winterized. And unlike texas, Minnesota is connected to a larger power grid. But back during the...
Green Visions: how climate change affects you and how you can affect climate change
Everything from "personal awareness" to city-level action: that's what the Duluth Citizen's Climate Action Plan lays out for folks. The plan aims to h...
Green Visions: working out the kinks: aquaculture without the drawbacks
Imagine if "eating local" could mean a nice fillet of salmon, a tuna steak, or a lobster tail and a nice salad made with home-grown greens. Minnesota ...
Green Visions: "It feels like a whole different world of possibilities when you're self-propelled"
The below-zero temps and double-digit-below-zero wind chills of February can make the annual Winter Bike Week a hard sell some years. But this year? A...
Green Visions: "we need to implement a plan at the scale the science demands"
On the first day of his administration, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to have the United States rejoin the Paris climate agreement. Je...
Green Visions: if you build it ... they will give you a place to charge it up
And now for a little good news: Minnesota has reached the public eomment phase of its draft Clean Cars Standard . It aims to adopt Low-Emission Vehicl...
Green Visions: Help to repopulate black spruce
Need a new hobby? A reason to get some fresh air in the woods? Want to help Minnesota’s forests grow healthy and strong? The Minnesota Department of N...