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Finding ways to keep stormwater on land and let it soak into the ground can lessen the negative effects on water quality from stormwater.

Increasing organics collection and processing infrastructure is necessary to meet statewide recycling goals

The MPCA regulates most aspects of livestock management including the location, design, construction, operation, and management of feedlots and manure-handling facilities.

Rundown of all the PFAS legislative wins from the most recent legislative session.

Proposed changes to permits that regulate the state’s largest animal feedlots target nitrate pollution statewide.

A training and certification program for evaluating aquatic life in Minnesota’s rivers and streams.

Residential wood burning has been increasing in Minnesota, both for home heating and recreation.

Water quality trading is a market-based approach to the protection and restoration of surface waters, another tool to be used in conjunction with existing voluntary, regulatory, and financial assistance programs.

To reduce the pollution that causes climate change, Minnesota has set goals to cut our collective greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and track progress.

Each year, Minnesotans throw away more than 850,000 tons of recyclables, worth around $153 million. Here's how we're reducing those numbers in Greater Minnesota.

One indicator of impairment that puts a stream on the Impaired Waters List is its macroinvertebrate population. Here's how that works.

The MPCA is proposing to amend Minnesota Rules governing animal feedlots.

Riverview LLP is seeking to expand its existing West River Dairy facility near Morris from 7,855 cows to a total capacity of 18,855 cows.

The MPCA is planning new rules governing air quality. The main purpose is to adopt new rules to implement and govern regulation of facilities that emit air toxics.

Residents' guide to stormwater permitting.

The MPCA and its many partners collect a wide variety of data on environmental conditions and pollution sources.

The Minnesota Nutrient Reduction Strategy (NRS) compiles the latest science, research, and data and recommends the most effective strategies to reduce nutrients in our waters from both point and nonpoint sources.

The Minnesota GreenCorps program, coordinated by the MPCA, aims to preserve and protect Minnesota’s environment while training a new generation of environmental professionals.

The MPCA provides workshops and conferences to help solid waste landfill operators get certified and stay up to date.

The MPCA's Petroleum Remediation Program addresses risks to people and the environment from contamination caused by leaking petroleum storage tanks.