South Dakota Green News

The newly formed South Dakota Wind Energy Association has commissioned a study into the feasibility of developing projects that would sell wind-generated electricity to Minnesota, association officials said. Board President Jeff Nelson said Tuesday the study will evaluate the benefits...

The low-energy, low-carbon house – officially unveiled yesterday – was hailed as the "future" of Scottish housebuilding. Scottish ministers hope its unique micro-renewable and energy saving features will be used as a "prototype" for housing developments.

Fourteen majestic, shaggy bison were brought to this windswept island southwest of Los Angeles for a film shoot in the 1920s. Left behind, they multiplied to 600 by the 1960s, causing havoc to delicate plants, rolling and tramping vegetation and...

Two years ago, Congress ordered the nation’s gasoline refiners to do something that is turning out to be mathematically impossible. To please the farm lobby and to help wean the nation off oil , Congress mandated that refiners blend a...

South Dakota farmers are making progress on harvest, but they're still well behind the normal pace because of the wet fall...Department of Agriculture says a dry week helped farmers last week...That's well behind the average of 91 percent harvested at...

Amphibians not predictors of environmental decline: Experts Updated on Thursday, November 12, 2009, 13:20 IST Washington: A team of scientists is challenging the prevailing view that amphibians, with their permeable skin and aquatic environment, are particularly sensitive to environmental...