Recent content from Jennifer Bjorhus
Court sends PolyMet air permit back to state for review
The Appeals Court ordered the air pollution permit that PolyMet received from MPCA back to the regulator to further consider whether the company deceptively sought a less stringent permit for a mine operation smaller than the one it actually planned.
Drought deepens in Minnesota, watering bans more likely
With about half of Minnesota now in the grip of severe drought — and 4% in extreme drought — the state has officially shifted into the "drought warning phase," the DNR announced Friday.
Drought fuels unusually high wildfire activity in Minnesota
Downed trees hamper firefighting efforts in Boundary Waters.
Minnesota landowners hold keys to protect forests, cold water lakes
Family turned to trust to protect cold-water lake property.
Pollinator-friendly landscape takes root beneath solar panels
Grazing sheep help manage the vegetation at the solar sites.
No PFAS in food packaging in Minnesota by 2024
The food packaging industry is seeking alternatives.
Minnesota measure bans 'forever chemicals' in food packaging
The enormous reach of the proposed environment deal stretches from the Northwoods to farm fields to microplastic bits in the water — and it adds a 60th state forest.
'Clean cars' rule, environmental funding move ahead at Capitol
After a prolonged standoff that threatened to shut down Minnesota's parks before a holiday weekend, Senate Republicans have dropped demands that the Walz administration stop the new clean cars emissions standards.
Minnesota park tries calling the rare red-headed woodpecker to new habitat
The woodpecker was once common throughout Minnesota, but its numbers have plunged.
Land O'Lakes agrees to help clean up contaminated site in Nebraska
A Land O'Lakes unit had shipped discarded seed that was coated with pesticides and fungicides to a Nebraska ethanol plant.