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The MPCA provides climate change technical assistance to Minnesotan, including one-on-one consultation or small group facilitation, to assess current capacity, build on strengths, and address underlying needs.
To reduce the pollution that causes climate change, Minnesota has set goals to cut our collective greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and track progress.
Our climate has already changed and will continue to change. Minnesotans are feeling impacts of climate change, from higher temperatures, more extreme storms with intense flooding, and changes in our…
The MPCA is leading multiple initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector.
Minnesota state agencies are working together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change.
Resources for recycling market development
Image MPCA staff provide technical assistance to businesses seeking to improve their environmental performance and prevent pollution.Small business…
The Legislature has given the MPCA the authority to develop rules to protect state environmental resources.
Minnesota prohibits rechargeable batteries and products with non-removable rechargeable batteries from being disposed of in mixed municipal waste.
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.
With the end of the 2025 model year in the automobile industry, so ends Minnesota's Clean Cars rule. The Clean Cars rule, adopted in 2020, had a goal of electric vehicles exceeding 6% of all…
In Minnesota, commercial entities that produce any amount of hazardous waste are regulated as hazardous-waste "generators."
The 2026 Climate Action Framework prioritizes reducing greenhouse gas emissions and protecting Minnesotans
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.
Going beyond compliance yields benefits like cost savings, improved health, greater efficiency, marketing advantages, enhanced employee morale, and stronger business resilience.
Shopping for a new wood stove? Remember that new stoves and outdoor boilers must be certified to new 2020 emission standards to be sold in Minnesota.
Minnesota's law relating to the collection and recycling of video display devices ("televisions" and "computer monitors") sold to households/consumers was signed into law in May 2007.
The Air We Breathe report looks at public health and air quality data to gauge how air pollution is affecting our health in Minnesota.
The MPCA studies Minnesota's solid waste composition and processes to inform policy recommendations, legislative proposals, education and outreach messages, and waste reduction efforts.
Investments in electric vehicle charging stations around Minnesota.