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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

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

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.

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.

Minnesota’s Digital Fair Repair Act went into effect July 1. Here’s why it matters and how you can use it to save money and the environment

Spring is the time for awakening gardens from their slumber and cleaning up the yard. It’s also a good time to start thinking about a backyard compost pile. Here’s how to build one that’ll enhance soil health and that your neighbors won’t mind.

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.

How to prepare recycling for the curb

The MPCA is offering rebates to small businesses across the state to buy and sell lead-free fishing tackle, part of the state’s Get the Lead Out program

Retail establishments can receive a 45% rebate on purchases of lead-free tackle for resale.

Profile of Karl Scheuer, a volunteer with the MPCA's Volunteer Water Monitoring Program

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.

What consumers should know about new Minnesota laws prohibiting PFAS in consumer products and the MPCA’s efforts to minimize PFAS pollution by keeping it out of commonly used household products.

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?

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.

Water softeners produce much of the chloride that pollutes Minnesota’s waters. An MPCA grant aims to reduce that pollution with water softener replacement rebate programs.

Clearing ice? Before you reach for the salt bag and begin to scatter, consider using other tools to get the job done that are less toxic to our waterways and our beloved pets, and will save you money.

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

Removing of an old dam and restoring a creek's curves are improving habitat and water quality in the Pomme de Terre River Watershed.

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