Moving water from the Great Lakes to drought-stricken parts of the country: environmental justice or enabling unsustainable water practices? That's just one of the topics Northland College's Peter Annin tackles in his book Great Lake Water Wars , and in this conversation with KUMD's Adam Reinhardt.

The Imagine Canal Park project wrapped up last month and now it's time to crunch the data and evaluate what worked and what didn't . Folks haven't heard the last of it, though: there are plans to go ahead with Cold Front February again this year and once the artists get done with them, you may be paying more attention to those utility boxes than you ever thought you might.

According to Colette Adkins, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a history, going back at least twenty years, of being unduly influenced by politics and special interests. So the Center For Biological Diversity's senior attorney has filed suit to preserve federal protections for gray wolves and to force the agency to develop a national recovery plan for the species. At the same time, the USFW Service is expected to put forward a proposal to remove protections for wolves "any day now."

A connection between energy production and citizen participation - or improvisational theater, for that matter - is unfamiliar in the United States. But not for much longer - especially here in Minnesota. Solar United Neighbors has information about what's going on in communities around the state, co-ops, additional information on how to go solar on your own and much more here: You can even find out more about the Preparing for a Climate Crossroads - Energy Comedy Night! here!

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission's decision last month to allow Minnesota Power to build a new gas plant in Superior is drawing criticism from likely sources (like environmentalists) and unlikely sources (like industrial clients). The Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy , though, says everyday folks have more control over these kinds of decisions than they might think. The Minnesota Citizens Federation and the Citizens Utility Board , in addition to the Minnesota Center for

UMD Greenhouse manager emeritus of UMD, Deb Shubat, joins us in the studio with a tour of some nightmare plants (Dracula orchid!) that might be peeking in your windows even now ...

"Limiting global warming to 1.5ºC would require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society," according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in a new assessment that came out, ironically, four days before yet another October storm on Lake Superior decimated the Lakewalk in Duluth. With the seriousness of the climate change problem, the massive changes that would need to take place to stop it and the massive changes taking place as it progresses unchecked,

Pediatrician Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha charts her rise from doctor to detective to activist as the water crisis in Flint, Michigan unfolded. KUMD's Adam Reinhardt sat down with her in our studios to hear more. Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha's book is called What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City.

They're responsible for millions of dollars in tourism revenue across the country, and feature prominently in the portfolios of photographers, artists and anybody with a smart phone. But those fall colors: the gorgeous reds (anthocyanins) and shimmering yellow and oranges (carotenoids) are really a kind of tree sunscreen. Seriously.

When the Lincoln Park Farmers Market started up six years ago, it wasn't just so folks could buy some flowers and a little fresh fruit for breakfast. A survey had just been conducted that showed people in the Lincoln Park neighborhood weren't living as long as everyone else in the community. In fact, no access to healthy food, due to transportation problems and the distance to the nearest grocery stores, was shaving about ten years off their life expectancies. Products from the winter greenhouse