First in a series of community conversations on implementing the new cumulative impacts law.
The MPCA’s Smart Salting program helps cut down on chloride pollution by training snowplow drivers and municipalities to use less salt on the roadways.
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Xcel Energy Inc. began storing groundwater contaminated with tritium in aboveground storage tanks before obtaining a required permit at its Monticello nuclear power plant.
The MPCA added three bodies of water to the impaired waters list for PFAS contamination. Which are they? How did they get polluted? And how much PFAS does it take to contaminate a body of water?
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Circle K Stores Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) and Holiday Stationstores LLC (Bloomington, Minn.) failed to properly test, report, and fix or replace corrosion protection equipment between 2019 and 2022 at convenience stores in Northfield, Owatonna, Pine City, Rochester, and Walker.
Carba, a Minnesota-based company focused on carbon-capture technology, took home the MPCA’s Green and Sustainable Chemistry Prize at the 2023 MN Cup
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Draft plan continues building out EV network, adds new focus on trains
A traveling exhibit and community engagement initiative that explores the science, history, story, culture, and relationships of water in Minnesota.
Participants will learn how to integrate science with practical winter maintenance while minimizing impacts on the environment.
MPCA offers Climate Resilience Planning grants, with a listing of previous grant winners