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Sheep eating a pumpkin from a green pan. An overlay graphic says "Eco Living".
October 30, 2026
Eco Living – Feed your pumpkin to livestock to keep it out of the landfill
Leaves along the shore of Comfort Lake in Wyoming, MN
October 20, 2026
Don't let leaves litter lakes

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smoky air blankets the city of St. Louis Park
October 26, 2023
Minn. Legislature puts the spotlight on environmental justice issues 
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Meal preparation at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Minneapolis
October 24, 2023
MPCA partners with Department of Veterans Affairs to reduce food waste 
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Electric school bus at Northstar Bus Lines, Maple Grove, Minnesota
October 19, 2023
Cleaner and quieter electric school buses start to hit the road
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Collecting water samples for PFAS analysis in Oakdale, MN
October 17, 2023
New nation-leading measures protect Minnesotans from forever chemicals
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Randy Spronk, Edgerton, MN
October 12, 2023
From the cab of a tractor, a long view on farm sustainability
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Kami Mendlik painting for We Are Water-Stillwater
October 11, 2023
Painter and educator makes St. Croix River valley focus of her work
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Processing a couch at Bridging
October 9, 2023
Reuse program helps families, reduces strain on landfills
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fish sampling, September 2023
September 27, 2023
Here, fishy, fishy: What counting fish can reveal about stream health
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hazy skies in St. Paul during an air quality alert in the summer of 2023
September 18, 2023
After record number of air quality alerts, even more hazy days expected
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buried and partially degraded underwear from the Soiled Undies exhibit
September 8, 2023
There’s a good reason why you saw soiled undies at Eco Experience

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