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.
Tribes in the Midwest and Great Plains are embracing and sharing traditional agricultural knowledge with both Native and nonnative farmers to improve the soil and water for everyone.
The state requested the federal government protect from deportation the approximately 500 temporary visa workers formerly employed at the Windom plant.
Scientists are predicting the low-oxygen “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico will be around 4,100 square miles this summer — smaller than average, but still more than twice the size of a federal goal that seeks to reduce nutrient runoff from fertilizer use on Midwest farms.
Si la planta procesadora de carne de cerdo HyLife Foods cierra en las próximas semanas, cientos de trabajadores deberán regresar a sus países de origen en un plazo de 10 días.
