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From the Legislature to the MPCA, Climate Director Kate Knuth finds ways to connect on climate change

Kate Knuth's career in addressing climate change, which took her to the Minnesota Capitol as a state legislator, has now led her to the MPCA as its new climate director.

MPCA grant helps keep unused drugs out of landfills and in the hands of those in need

RoundtableRx is a nonprofit operating the Minnesota Medication Repository Program, which reduces pharmaceutical waste by collecting excess medication for redistribution. The MPCA recently provided a $52,910 grant for education and outreach to help solve the pharmaceutical waste issue in Minnesota.

MPCA helps Mankato nonprofit keep good food out of landfills

Mankato nonprofit South Central Minnesota Food Recovery used MPCA grant money to build out a network to save food from the landfill and distribute it to people in need.

Eco Living – How to conserve home heating energy on a budget

What to consider when cold weather has you looking into home weatherization projects

MPCA presents conservationist award to advocate who keeps waste off lake ice

Robyn Dwight is the 2024 winner of the Community Conservationist Award given by the Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts and MPCA. She helped expand Keep It Clean, which keeps garbage off lake ice.

To study how PFAS moves in the air, MPCA turns to pine needles

Volunteers across Minnesota’s 87 counties have been collecting pine needles from coniferous trees in their neighborhoods to help the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency better understand how to protect Minnesotans from PFAS pollution.

Duluth educator helps children connect with land and water

The We Are Water MN exhibit in Duluth's Hartley Nature Center runs from February 29 through April 22.

Disposable wipes toolkit: Persuading people not to flush

The disposable wipes toolkit includes free, customizable communications resources to help communities inform their residents about the hazards of flushing disposable wipes.

Hennepin County gives trees a chance with Minnesota GreenCorps help

Minnesota GreenCorps member Leslie Alcantar Mejia helped Hennepin County toward its goal of planting 1 million trees during her service term.

With an MPCA grant, Reuse Minnesota’s mend-it clinics save clothes from the landfill, one stitch at a time

MPCA Environmental Assistance grant program puts spotlight on mend-it clinics and other reuse and waste reduction efforts.

On the edge of the prairie, a wetland provides solace and inspiration

We Are Water next visits Ortonville and the Big Stone Lake area March 15 through April 21.

MPCA helps tap funding streams to create green infrastructure

A stormwater system upgrade in Duluth was expanded with the help of an MPCA employee who tapped into available funding. It protects Lake Superior and can serve as an example for other cities and counties.

To fight climate change, Minnesota-based Carba puts dead trees to work

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

Eco Living – Use less salt in your water softener to cut pollution and save money

Across the state, water softeners contribute significantly to chloride pollution. Here’s how to make sure your water softener isn’t sending excess salt into the environment

Getting lead out of fishing tackle

Anglers can choose lead-free materials when shopping for fishing tackle. Popular options include tungsten, steel, tin, bismuth/tin, and glass.

How's the air there? Minneapolis sensor network tracks air quality at the neighborhood level

MPCA’s community air monitoring pilot grant program will provide $4.85 million to build more networks of community air sensors in the Twin Cities metro area.

Getting “musscular” for water stewardship

Dakota County is now hosting We Are Water MN, a traveling exhibit and community engagement program that explores Minnesotans’ relationships with water.

School lunch boxes become opportunity for waste education

Three members of MN GreenCorps worked through the Minneapolis Public Schools' free meal box program to promote waste reduction and recycling.

MPCA honors environmental leader who restored her shoreline while educating her community

Kathy Wagner, recipient of the 2025 Community Conservationist Award from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts (MASWCD), discusses her personal conservation work and local environmental advocacy.

How Minnesota passed the country’s first ban on trichloroethylene

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.