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PolyMet Mining plans to develop a mine and processing plant to extract copper, nickel, and precious metals.
Our strategic plan has six broad goals that, when taken together, map our work for five years. MPCA’s strategic plan guides the agency’s work from Jan. 1, 2024, to Dec. 31, 2028. These goals are…
The MPCA has announced that 11 grant recipients will receive a total of $5.3 million for projects that build lasting capacity to support recycling markets in Minnesota.
The MPCA has a variety of educational displays, programs, and materials about chloride pollution. We encourage our partners to utilize these resources to engage with their community.
The MPCA tested for PFAS in groundwater at 102 of the 111 sites in the Closed Landfill Program and found that 98% of the assessed facilities have PFAS contamination.
Minnesota’s extended producer responsibility bill for packaging, food packaging, and paper products requires a producer responsibility organization to reduce the environmental and human health impacts of these materials.
“Area C” is the name given to Ford Motor Company’s former industrial waste dump on the floodplain of the Mississippi River, at the base of the bluff below the former Twin Cities Assembly Plant in Saint Paul.
Community wastewater treatment facilities and their operators play a critical role in maintaining a health community and preserving and protecting our waters.
The MPCA offered approximately $12.5 million in grant funding for projects that will prevent wasted food from being generated, prevent food from going to waste, or projects that rescue edible food from disposal and redirect it for human consumption in Minnesota.
New Resource Management Report explores how Minnesota could greatly reduce landfill disposal by 2045 through policy changes, major system investments, and performance from emerging technologies.
The MPCA and its many partners collect a wide variety of data on environmental conditions and pollution sources.
Some permittees are receiving phishing attacks claiming to be from the EPA. How to spot a phishing attack and what to do about it.
Minnesota rivers are shrinking in the drought; some have their lowest flows in decades. What will be the long term effects?
Guidance for small businesses on reporting air emissions.
The Leech Lake River Watershed consists of approximately 854,659 acres (1,335 sq. miles) in the northern part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin. The watershed includes parts of Beltrami, Cass, and Hubbard counties and the Leech Lake Reservation (Leech Lake Band of Chippewa).
Minnesota GreenCorps member Leslie Alcantar Mejia helped Hennepin County toward its goal of planting 1 million trees during her service term.
What is "What's in my neighborhood?"What's in my neighborhood provides a wide variety of environmental information about your community.Search for:properties that were previously contaminated and…
Minnesotans are encouraged to share feedback through Nov. 9, 2025
A TMDL addressing excess bacteria in 22 stream reaches and protection strategies for 29 stream and river reaches in the Upper Mississippi River watershed.
When temperatures climb and the summer sun beats down, conditions are ripe for Minnesota lakes to produce harmful algae blooms, some of which can be harmful to pets and humans.