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The MPCA identified a series of policy recommendations for the optimal management of decommissioned solar panels.
The Duluth Urban Area Watershed is a focused geographic area designed to recognize the complexity and challenges in an urban center with a water-rich environment. It is defined by a series of small watersheds that are portions of three major watersheds.
Three members of MN GreenCorps worked through the Minneapolis Public Schools' free meal box program to promote waste reduction and recycling.
Recyclers of CED must register with the MPCA; there is no annual fee. Recyclers must meet certain requirements in terms of regulatory compliance, necessary licensure, and insurance.
Contact the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency by phone or online form. This page includes office locations and options to requests for assistance or report emergencies.
State agencies support Minnesota's sustainable purchasing efforts by using state contracts.
The enduring nature of PFAS in the environment makes it important to give special consideration to products containing PFAS when it comes time to throw them out.
A successful cleanup of contaminated land along the Cedar River in Austin caps a long history of industrial pollution.
Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality certified farms have added more than 2,000 new conservation practices, including over 110,000 acres of new cover crops that protect Minnesota’s waters.
Before Laura Mendoza Romero got involved with shoreline restoration, she remembers going on boat rides and seeing all the different landscapes along the shore. Some houses you could barely see…
The Clean Water Act established the framework for creating water quality standards and continues to help us protect Minnesota's prized lakes and rivers.
The Red River of the North - Marsh River Watershed is part of the Red River Basin in northwestern Minnesota and southeastern North Dakota.
The Climate Smart Food Systems initiative, funded by the U.S. EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program, positions Minnesota as a national model for transforming our food system from farm to freezer.
Climate adaptation identifies strategies and actions that help human and natural systems cope with and become more resilient to the impacts of climate change.
The MPCA has a mobile air monitoring program that allows the agency to respond faster to community air quality concerns across the state. The mobile air monitor collects data in areas where permanent…
Improving water quality in Lake George has required treating phosphorus in the water and filtering pollutants out of urban stormwater.
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
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.
The MPCA investigates sites where hazardous substances have been or could be released to identify risks and appropriate remediation plans.
MPCA rules govern the collection, transportation, storage, processing, and land application of animal manure and other livestock operation wastes.