High school students, frustrated by a lack of climate education, are calling for change

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Several dozen young people wearing light blue T-shirts emblazoned with #teachclimate filled a hearing room at the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul in late February. It was a cold and windy day, in contrast to the state’s nearly snowless, warm winter. The high school and college students and other advocates, … Read more

Globe breaks heat record for the 8th month in a row. Golfers allowed to play in Minnesota’s ‘lost winter’

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — For the eighth month in a row, the Earth was record warm in January, according to the European Climate Agency. That was evident in the northern United States, where about a thousand people were golfing in a snow-starved Minneapolis last month during what the state is calling “the lost winter … Read more