In 2023, Minnesota saw more air quality alerts covering more days than ever before. Smoke from Canadian wildfires throughout the summer caused many of the alerts, though climate change is playing a growing role in Minnesota's air quality.
The Soiled Undies exhibit at the Eco Experience at the Minnesota State Fair might look off-putting at first, but it's a good demonstration of the importance of soil health and how healthy soil can help the environment.
Less than three years after Minnesota passed the country's first ban on TCE, a carcinogenic solvent, facilities around the state have removed it from their processes.
During the 2023 legislative session, legislators passed more than a dozen funding and policy proposals to address food waste, organics, recycling market development, and wood waste.
Mike Hirst lives in northwest Minnesota, near the border between the U
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Cities of Saint Peter and Comfrey will each receive grants for infrastructure planning.
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The MPCA closed 173 enforcement cases for water quality, air quality, waste, stormwater, and wastewater violations in the first half of 2023.
Please join this community open house to learn more about what cumulative impacts are, who they affect, and how you can get involved in this rulemaking process. The following video and fact sheets will help provide a better understanding of the law and the 30-month timeline to develop the new regulations.
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Minnesota's largest wastewater treatment plant to increase capacity by 25%.
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