Citizens Addressing our Changing Climate: A climate disaster hits home

Citizens Addressing our Changing Climate: A climate disaster hits home

The June installment of this series asked “Why Care About Climate Disasters?” It described the effects of unusually severe spring wildfires in northeastern Minnesota and the unhealthy local air quality due to smoke from fires in central Canada (local air quality alerts continue). Readers were asked to consider the hardship caused by severe weather near and far and reasons why the suffering of others warrants our concern. I shared my own reasons …

Collective focuses on long-term climate resilience for northern Minnesota communities

Local communities, Tribal Nations, state agencies, and multiple organizations have launched a partnership to develop a regional climate response plan in northern Minnesota. With a focus on climate issues, the newly formed Northland Climate Resilience Collective was funded through a grant from NOAA. The post Collective focuses on long-term climate resilience for northern Minnesota communities appeared first on Quetico Superior Wilderness News.