Minnesota

The great siphoning: Drought-stricken areas eye the Great Lakes

Illustration by Rob Dobi for the Star Tribune Outside Two Harbors, Minn., on a cliff overlooking the broad expanse of…

6 years ago

Safe drinking water must be a shared value in Minnesota

Proposed rules on agriculture fertilizer would help protect groundwater. It’s hard to persuade residents of a state whose very name…

7 years ago

Easy Fix: How to Stop Poisoning Fish in the Gulf of Mexico

Saturated buffer along unnamed tributary to the Skunk River, Iowa. Photo by Kent Heikens USDA, Agricultural Research Service. Fertilizer used…

7 years ago

Getting to clean water: Complex problem, no easy solutions

photo: Friends of the Mississippi River executive director Whitney Clark pours water from the Mississippi River into a tube used…

7 years ago

The Effect of Clean Water on the Economy

Water pollution, chemical spills, and algae blooms can wreak havoc on a community, not only by affecting the water supply…

7 years ago