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Approximately $4.5 million was available to support prevention of wasted food and food rescue projects across the state.

MPCA awards first of two rounds of Tribal technical assistance grants intended to advance environmental work on reservations and in Tribal communities

Enbridge Energy is continuing restoration work around its new Line 3 crude oil pipeline across Minnesota. The new line replaces an aging Line 3 and began operating in October 2021, after Enbridge completed the project’s construction phase.

Study funded by the $850 million settlement that Minnesota reached with 3M in 2018  focused on the area served by the Valley Branch Watershed District’s Project 1007 rainwater conveyance system in the East Metro.

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

Apply for funds to help assess sites with known or suspected contamination and develop remediation plans.

The MPCA's chloride reduction program assists communities and organizations across Minnesota in identifying sources of chloride.

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

The MPCA has started a study intended to understand and document the variation in naturally occurring sulfate levels across the state.

The MPCA recognized 236 wastewater facilities for outstanding operations in 2024.

The MPCA plans to amend water quality standards (Minn. Rules chapter 7050) affecting Class 2 beneficial uses, which protect surface waters for aquatic life and recreation.

MPCA's recommended review criteria for wastewater treatment facilities that need to perform system maintenance that requires approval to bypass untreated or partially treated domestic wastewater.

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.

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.

State and community leaders visited Faribault and Northfield to observe Minnesota climate resiliency efforts in action.

This webpage will not only address potential noncompliance issues for air permittees, but it will help inspectors get all of the necessary information to facilities with one link.

Agropur Inc., doing business as Le Sueur Cheese Company, land applied too much industrial byproduct, resulting in rates of nitrogen and phosphorus that exceeded the allowed limits by more than 10 percent. The violations occurred in 2022, near its cheese production facility in Le Sueur, Minnesota.

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

Disposing of wastes from a natural disaster or large fire

Air quality map of current conditions in Minnesota.