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Gas-powered landscaping and snow removal equipment is bad for the environment. Battery-powered equipment has a lot of benefits.

Learn what you can do to protect yourself and your community from environmental problems caused by flooding.

Product stewardship encourages manufacturers, retailers, and consumers to treat products as resources rather than waste, changing how they think about the products they make, buy, and use.

To obtain coverage under this permit, the owner(s) must document compliance with the criteria for coverage under this general permit, prior to disposal of the uncontaminated concrete.

Carver County and Valley Paving Inc. failed to properly install and maintain erosion and sediment controls during a highway safety improvement project in the fall 2022 and spring 2023 near Watertown, Minn. This caused significant erosion and sediment to impact several area surface waters.

Eight cities will receive grants to create plans that will protect homes and businesses from flooding and other climate impacts

Failed to obtain a construction stormwater permit prior to beginning construction and allowed sediment to discharge to wetlands as they built The Meadows housing development in Otsego, Minnesota.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) requests public comment on a rule that will shape nation-leading restrictions on the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

State will begin engagement next month on an updated framework set to be released in 2025

Young Life Castaway Club violated several wastewater regulations, mainly modifying wastewater treatment systems without approval, between 2019 and 2022 at its youth and family camp on Pelican Lake, just south of Detroit Lakes. These violations carry serious risks of harm to the environment.

The 2025 MPCA annual report on Brownfields celebrated numerous major achievements cleaning up and rehabilitating polluted properties.

Answers to frequently asked questions about compliance and MPCA's enforcement of environmental rules in Minnesota.

An air emissions risk analysis estimates the potential human health risks from air pollution emitted by a facility.

Any facility that emits air pollutants above certain levels is required to have an air quality permit.

We Are Water MN travels to Leech Lake, where Raining White works to protect and restore manoomin, or wild rice.

Complying with the MS4 general permit

Minnesota participates in this statistical survey of the condition of our nation's lakes, ponds, and reservoirs.

Fire departments are often the first responders to incidents that include spills of hazardous substance.

Dentists in Minnesota must meet federal and state requirements to limit the amount of mercury in their wastewater.

ECSWC is applying for a 10-year permit to add MSW capacity to its currently permitted landfill near Mora while conducting environmental review for the unpermitted areas of its landfill expansion.