This time of year, Mother Nature likes to toy with us by melting the snow and ice one day, only to freeze everything up again on the next day. With a goal of staying upright, most of us are just ...

After an unusually mild start to winter, colder temperatures and some (light) snow are finally arriving in Minnesota. With winter weather comes the use of de-icing materials, like salt, but too much ...

LONDONDERRY, N.H. — Each winter, vast quantities of de-icing salt are applied to state and municipal roads to keep them safe for commuters, and salt is spread near houses to avoid pedestrian injuries.

ST PAUL, Minn. — Too much salt is never good, whether it's going in your food... or on the driveway. With winter weather finally arriving this week, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is ...

As yet another winter storm descends on the United States, local governments prepare to dig their citizens out by applying de-icing salts to asphalt and sidewalks. Yet the resulting salt pollution in ...

“We finally got a snowstorm with accumulating snow, and I noticed my neighbors used salt on their sidewalks. Can you provide some guidance on the best product to use on my sidewalks?” One of the most ...

MOORHEAD — As the first snow of the season arrives, Minnesotans start thinking about clearing snow and ice from pavement, sometimes with salt. Minnesota environmental officials are urging residents to ...

WEST ST. PAUL, Minn. — In the Twin Cities metro, an estimated 365,000 tons of salt is applied to our roads each year. To put that in perspective, that's how much the Empire State Building in New York ...

Two Minneapolis neighborhoods are teaming up to reduce the amount of salt that makes it into our waters this winter with the help of free bags of an alternative option. If you live in either the East ...