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    February 20, 2018
    Pam Schmidt, customer service solutions analyst for Minnesota Power, describes the several varieties of electric and hybrid electric cars on display at the DECC Tuesday afternoon. To her left is the Chevy Bolt, a fully electric car. Bob King / Forum News Service
    Electric cars sales, efficiency continue to grow
    DULUTH—If Northlanders really wanted to be like Norwegians we'd stow the cross-country skis and stoic love of cold and buy a Tesla. Norway...
    business/energy-and-miningFebruary 20, 2018 - 7:27pm
    February 19, 2018
    Minnesota vs. Minnesota: Agency pushes back in $5 billion 3M suit
    ST. PAUL — The state's $5 billion lawsuit against 3M is looking more like a case of Minnesota vs. Minnesota. Two parts of state government are contradicting each other about the central issue in the suit: whether pollution caused by the 3M Co. has raised rates of certain health...
    newsFebruary 19, 2018 - 6:00am
    February 16, 2018
    LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Dream of land ownership is still alive and well
    Politics is about pushing a certain agenda to affect a governing policy; science and education are about learning and transferring information...
    opinion/lettersFebruary 16, 2018 - 1:43pm
    February 10, 2018
    Minnesota vs. 3M: A guide to the $5B trial: State’s biggest environmental lawsuit, over company’s PFCs in groundwater, starts this month
    ST. PAUL — Call it the $5 billion Teflon trial — Minnesota's biggest environmental lawsuit ever. When the trial of the State of Minnesota vs. 3M Co. starts Feb. 20, it will pit the state against what may be its most-loved company. The state attorney general will be taking...
    newsFebruary 10, 2018 - 4:25pm
    February 9, 2018
    Rick Nolan
    Mining, BWCA and Trump: 5 reasons Rick Nolan's announcement is a big deal
    ST. PAUL—U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan, a Democrat from northeast Minnesota, announced Friday, Feb. 9, he won't seek re-election. Nolan, who has...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 9, 2018 - 7:24pm
    wastewater injection well in Prague, Okla. Oklahoma is by far the state most affected by earthquakes triggered by human activity — primarily oil and gas operations — according to a map released by the United States Geological Survey on April 23, 2015. (Nick Oxford/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    New breed of fracking earthquakes sends warning to oil drillers
    The oil prospectors of Oklahoma, it appeared, finally had a solution to their earthquake problem. Ordered by regulators to curb the wastewater...
    business/energy-and-miningFebruary 9, 2018 - 12:54pm
    February 6, 2018
    Lawsuits, contested case hearings could decide final outcome for Polymet permit
    DULUTH—After 13 years, millions of dollars and a winding path through regulatory scrutiny, Minnesota's first-ever copper mine might be on the verge of its last-ever public hearings. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Pollution Control Agency will hold open-house...
    business/energy-and-miningFebruary 6, 2018 - 7:59pm
    February 5, 2018
    A group of Canada lynx, likely a female lynx with her four kittens, gathered on a road near Tofte in front of photographer Thomas Spence on Saturday morning. Seeing a family group of lynx is a rarity. Photo courtesy of Thomas Spence
    'I couldn't believe it': Tofte photographer stumbles on rare lynx sighting
    DULUTH—Thomas Spence was looking for moose to photograph near Tofte on Saturday morning, Feb. 3, when he came upon a Canada lynx standing...
    sports/outdoorsFebruary 5, 2018 - 6:15pm
    February 3, 2018
    The City of Fargo keeps its salt in this dome seen Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, near the Central Garage to keep rain from washing it away. Michael Vosburg / Forum News Service
    'Permanent pollutant': Salt to melt ice on streets posing growing risk to Minnesota's lakes
    MOORHEAD — Salt applied to streets and roads to melt snow and ice is becoming a growing environmental concern in some areas of the country,...
    news/traffic-and-constructionFebruary 3, 2018 - 1:34pm
    February 1, 2018
    Trump administration tears down regulations to speed drilling on public land
    The Trump administration is aggressively sweeping aside regulations protecting public land to clear a path for expanded oil and gas drilling. A memorandum from the Interior Department, made public Thursday, Feb. 1, directs its field offices "to simplify and streamline the leasing...
    business/energy-and-miningFebruary 1, 2018 - 4:39pm
    New federal tariffs won't affect Bemidji solar project much, planner says
    BEMIDJI—The Trump administration's decision last week to hike taxes on imported solar panels won't have much of an effect on a planned Bemidji-area solar farm, one of the project's chief planners said.
    newsFebruary 1, 2018 - 6:52am
    January 29, 2018
    New study links wolf numbers to moose calf survival
    DULUTH — In yet another effort to untangle the mystery behind Minnesota's diminished moose population, renowned wolf researcher David...
    news/science-and-natureJanuary 29, 2018 - 7:11pm
    January 27, 2018
    US Forest Service rolls back study of mining near Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeast Minnesota
    ELY, Minn.—The U.S. Forest Service on Friday, Jan. 26, said it will not conduct the most-thorough level of environmental review of potential copper mining impacts on the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota and will instead conduct a less-stringent...
    news/government-and-politicsJanuary 27, 2018 - 8:00am
    January 22, 2018
    Forum file photo of a monarch butterfly spreading its wings while stopping on vegetation along the Red River near Gooseberry Park in Moorhead, Minn. Dave Wallis / The Forum
    Monarch butterfly migration was off this year. Researchers are worried.
    Thanksgiving was right around the corner, and a sizable number of one of America's most famous migrants could be seen still sputtering south....
    newsJanuary 22, 2018 - 12:25pm
    January 19, 2018
    Stock image from Pexels.
    Why do dogs eat poop? New research suggests an ancient answer.
    Does your pooch eat poo? If it's any consolation, he's in extremely good company. In a new paper, veterinary researchers at University of California...
    lifestyle/petsJanuary 19, 2018 - 8:33am
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