Chloe Johnson, The Star Tribune

Nonstop dredging kept the Mississippi River open this year, but moving mountains of sand creates its own problems

Alternating extremes of heavy rainfall and drought are making it harder for the Army Corps of Engineers — which must by law maintain the Mississippi River for commerce, including the transportation of grain — to predict and plan a multi-million-dollar practice of constant dredging. In the upper reac

By Chloe Johnson, The Star Tribune

/ 13 Dec 2023

Nonstop dredging kept the Mississippi River open this year, but moving mountains of sand creates its own problems

'This is on our doorstep now': Wildfire smoke is new hazard in upper Midwest

Smoke from Canadian wildfires that turned skies along the East Coast a sickly yellow also brought air quality alerts to much of the Midwest this week. Climate experts say that as the planet warms, this kind of unhealthy air will become less of an anomaly.

By Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Chloe Johnson, The Star Tribune

/ 9 Jul 2023

'This is on our doorstep now': Wildfire smoke is new hazard in upper Midwest

Midwest states, often billed as climate havens, suffer summer of smoke, drought, heat

“As climate changes, it’s changing everything for everyone,” says one expert.

By Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Chloe Johnson, The Star Tribune

/ 3 Jul 2023

Midwest states, often billed as climate havens, suffer summer of smoke, drought, heat

Are thousands of Americans being poisoned by PFAS in their tap water?

EPA Administrator Michael Regan last month made one of his agency’s strongest statements to date about the danger of “forever chemicals.” New restrictions on those pollutants in drinking water

By Chloe Johnson, The Star Tribune

/ 12 Apr 2023

Are thousands of Americans being poisoned by PFAS in their tap water?

3M to end manufacture and use of 'forever chemicals' by 2025

3M will also “work to discontinue use of PFAS across our product portfolio” by 2025.

By Brooks Johnson, Star Tribune, Mike Hughlett, Star Tribune and Chloe Johnson, The Star Tribune

/ 20 Dec 2022

3M to end manufacture and use of 'forever chemicals' by 2025

Minnesota tries new technologies to remove ‘forever chemicals’ from water

In efforts to address long-running PFAS contamination in the east metro, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is trying to suck the chemicals out of groundwater.

By Chloe Johnson, The Star Tribune

/ 17 Dec 2022

Minnesota tries new technologies to remove ‘forever chemicals’ from water

WHEN IT RAINS: A wetter world is changing farm country. Can growers adapt?

Corn Belt farming practices and climate change are changing how water moves across the landscape and into waterways.

By Chloe Johnson, The Star Tribune, Erin Jordan, The Gazette and Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star

/ 7 Oct 2022

WHEN IT RAINS: A wetter world is changing farm country. Can growers adapt?

How year-round crops could reduce farm pollution in the Mississippi River

Minnesota has struggled to reduce the farm pollution that runs into the Mississippi River watershed. So crop breeders at the University of Minnesota are working on new perennial and winter annual crops to suck up that pollution before it escapes. Food scientists and marketers are trying to develop u

By Chloe Johnson, The Star Tribune

/ 2 Aug 2022

Nonstop dredging kept the Mississippi River open this year, but moving mountains of sand creates its own problems

'This is on our doorstep now': Wildfire smoke is new hazard in upper Midwest

Midwest states, often billed as climate havens, suffer summer of smoke, drought, heat

Are thousands of Americans being poisoned by PFAS in their tap water?

3M to end manufacture and use of 'forever chemicals' by 2025

Minnesota tries new technologies to remove ‘forever chemicals’ from water

WHEN IT RAINS: A wetter world is changing farm country. Can growers adapt?

How year-round crops could reduce farm pollution in the Mississippi River

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