The student environmental activists joining us in the studio this morning aren't as upset as climate activist Greta Thunberg was yesterday, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, but they're still determined. Working as part of the Our Mississippi, Our Future initiative , Sydney Arens and Isaac Conrad (wearing a shirt that read "Awareness Inspires Conservation") stopped by to talk about the community forum they're organizing February 3 and now acting now can prevent crises

Every year, the St. Louis River Area of Concern coordinators draft an updated Remedial Action Plan . This year, the draft is available online with changes, additions and deletions marked in red, so it's easy to see where they are and click for more information.

Back in the '30s, during the Great Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps provided natural-resource jobs to out-of-work young men so they could support their families. The federal government expanded on that program in the '70s with the summer Youth Conservation Corps and the year-round Young Adult Conservation Corps. And when federal support for the program ended in 1981, Minnesota took up the banner and created the Minnesota Conservation Corps , a program that's looking, now, for a few

Many crucial decisions on PolyMet’s mining proposal will be coming out of the courts throughout January 2020. JT Haines, from The Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA), bring us up to speed on the decisions and what they could mean.

Sad, but true. For decades, hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent to educate us about the three Rs: reduce, reuse, and recycle. And yet, in spite of it all, what does it take to change our behaviour. A nickel. "What researchers found when they examined the data was that consumers are less motivated by emotional appeals to save the environment and more by the impact on their pocketbook—even when it’s just a few cents." You can read more about the science in How Behavioral Science

In part two of a special multi-part series featuring artists exploring their role in the climate conversation, KUMD speaks with poet and musician Ben Weaver about how small gatherings of music and poetry have become an outlet for working through climate grief.

Who knew musicians had "climate stories"? For that matter, who knew any of us did? Green Visions producer Adam Reinhardt knew, and today, he talks with Jeremy Messersmith about his.

Here, up north, we figure we're in pretty good shape. We take a lot of pride in our clean air and water and spend a lot of time looking out for them. So it was a shock to hear that two- to four-thousand people in Minnesota die early every year from causes linked to air pollution - and most of those are in rural areas, particularly around Aitkin and McGregor. Since transportation emissions are the leading cause of this pollution, which is hurting the health of people and the planet, the MPCA sees

Explorer Will Steger didn't capture the world's imagination through a recitation of dry facts: he did it by telling stories. His organization, Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy, uses storytelling to get across the message of climate change and its effects.* But next month, they're pulling out all the stops with Band Together: "an evening of music, storytelling, and collective climate action." *Read Will Steger's climate story:

To paraphrase, courage is a dish best served around a big, crowded table packed with friends.