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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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June 8, 2026
Air quality alert issued due to ozone for Tuesday, June 9, for the Twin Cities and central Minnesota
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June 6, 2026
Air quality alert issued due to ozone for Saturday, June 6, through Sunday, June 7, for western and southern Minnesota
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bad air day in Minneapolis
May 29, 2026
Summer is ozone season
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A Free Geek volunteer and community member sit together and examine a broken stereo
May 28, 2026
MPCA grant supports a growing network of repair clinics in the Twin Cities
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May 27, 2026
Heron Lake ethanol plant fined more than $18,000 for storage tank permit violations
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Overhead view of four boats wrapped in blue boat wrap, parked diagonally..
May 21, 2026
A 'learning year' begins for Minnesota’s new boat wrap stewardship program
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A surface activated foam fractionation (SAFF) unit to remove and destroy PFAS from contaminated water.
May 19, 2026
Comprehensive East Metro PFAS cleanup study recommends groundwater treatment 
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Lake Pepin and the Mississippi River.
May 19, 2026
MPCA releases 2026 draft impaired waters list
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Bailey Builds art studio in the West Duluth neighborhood
May 18, 2026
Brownfields report highlights new life brought to challenging sites
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Rain gardens at Bang Brewing in Saint Paul
May 13, 2026
Rain gardens for beer gardens: How a small brewery makes use of stormwater runoff

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