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Minnesota GreenCorps member Heidi Blum focused on waste reduction and recycling in Edina, Minnesota.
A 2008 law requires the MPCA to analyze and consider “cumulative levels and effects of past and current pollution” for air permits in a specific part of south Minneapolis.
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An air emissions risk analysis estimates the potential human health risks from air pollution emitted by a facility.
Nitrogen, like phosphorus, is a nutrient that pollutes in state waters, and its concentration in many rivers has been increasing from historic natural levels over time due to human influences.…
Groundwater is not a static thing, but moves around in the layers of rock and soil beneath our feet. How does this affect the work to treat contaminated groundwater and protect drinking water?
The health of Minnesota's large rivers is a reflection of how well we are protecting overall water quality.
The MPCA has developed guidance on a number of topics to assist real estate developers, environmental engineers, remediation consultants, and others in addressing brownfields and contaminated sites.
The MPCA has withdrawn proposed rules relating to waste treated seeds.
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).
Profile on Bridging, a Twin Cities based nonprofit that keeps goods with more life out of landfills and that donates them to families in need.
The MPCA administers programs that are governed by 45 chapters of rules. The MPCA periodically conducts a “housekeeping” rulemaking to make minor corrections and clarifications to the rules or to repeal rules that have become obsolete.
Environmental information and permits that affect businesses using boilers.
Environmental information and permits that affect businesses using stationary engines or generators.
For Katy Backes Kozhimannil, water is intrinsically tied to her life’s work. As a professor of public health at the University of Minnesota with a focus on rural communities, she has made it her life…
As Minnesotans prepare for another summer of outdoor activities, MPCA meteorologists are forecasting a moderately active air quality season.
The MPCA is working on both short and long-term solutions to the growing waste problems in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
A new planning effort in northwest Minnesota takes a basin-wide approach to reducing the state's phosphorous contributions to the Red River, and to Canada's Lake Winnipeg.
Central Bi-Products emitted higher levels of hydrogen sulfide than is allowed, causing odor complaints in the community of Long Prairie and resulting in a $3 million fine. Central Bi-Products has agreed to spend a minimum of $4.4 million on a supplemental environmental project that will improve its wastewater treatment.
The law requires manufacturers of video display devices (VDD) to register, pay an annual registration fee, and meet a recycling obligation based on their market share of VDD sold in Minnesota.