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Initiatives passed during the 2023 legislative session invest hundreds of millions of dollars to advance Minnesota’s Climate Action Framework.
The Upper/Lower Red Lake watershed covers more than 1.2 million acres and is home to Upper and Lower Red Lakes, the two largest bodies of water within the state.
Testing found elevated levels of tetrachloroethylene/perchloroethylene (PCE or Perc) in soil vapors around the Dison’s Cleaners and Launderers site in Rochester.
The Precision Plating site in north Minneapolis was formerly home to a metal plating facility where solvents and metals were released into the soil and groundwater.
Salt is commonly over-applied, sending too much chloride into our waterways and wreaking havoc on fish and other wildlife.
Most AST systems that contain liquid capable of polluting the waters of the state are subject to state rules and permits.
Funding for organizations to coordinate efforts to reduce chloride at the source within priority communities.
Permit applications must include detailed emissions calculations to help determine which permit type or permit amendment is needed.
Warming temperatures and increased rains caused by climate change continue to have real impacts on farms across Minnesota. Our agriculture industry will also play an important role in reducing the amount climate change causing pollution we produce as a state.
New MPCA report cites work by local partners for water quality improvements.
Recent study details excessive levels of algae affecting recreation, and fish and aquatic insect communities in a specific portion of the Redwood River in southwestern Minnesota just before the river enters the Minnesota River.
A project to address high levels of suspended sediment in the Minnesota River and the South Metro portion of the Mississippi River.
Selected community members to advise agency on incorporating environmental justice principles throughout its work.
The MPCA is planning new rules governing air quality. The main purpose is to adopt new rules to implement and govern regulation of facilities that emit air toxics.
MPCA wastewater staff assigned by county.
Chloride is a problem for wastewater facilities and stormwater permittees.
Plan’s primary goal is to protect families, communities from PFAS contamination
Rundown of all the PFAS legislative wins from the most recent legislative session.
Minnesota industrial stormwater permittees in certain industries to monitor for PFAS in their stormwater runoff or snow.
The MPCA regulates most aspects of livestock management including the location, design, construction, operation, and management of feedlots and manure-handling facilities.