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Edina-based startup, Naware, recently took the $10,000 Green and Sustainable Chemistry Prize, sponsored by the MPCA as part of the MN Cup, for combining two unlikely technologies to replace herbicides in lawncare with a more environmentally friendly alternative.

From January through March 2025, MPCA air monitoring data showed elevated lead levels that exceeded national ambient air quality standards near the facility. An MPCA inspection of Gopher Resource in spring 2025 confirmed that the source of the elevated lead levels was addressed.

Answers to common questions about the Construction Stormwater Permit application

MPCA has released the first in a series of reports on industrial uses of PFAS in Minnesota and identifying alternatives.

MPCA's environmental review process for feedlots operates according to the rules of the Environmental Quality Board.

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

The MPCA added three bodies of water to the impaired waters list for PFAS contamination. Which are they? How did they get polluted? And how much PFAS does it take to contaminate a body of water?

Healthy recycling markets divert materials from the waste stream, convert the materials into commodities, and supply them to manufacturers for the production of new products. The businesses that…

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.

Instructions for preparing for and completing the online exam for underground storage tank operator certification.

Minnesota rivers are shrinking in the drought; some have their lowest flows in decades. What will be the long term effects?

Recycling is good for Minnesota's economy. It supports more than 60,000 jobs in our state, paying almost $3.4 billion in wages and adds nearly $15.7 billion to Minnesota's economy.

Information will support the phase out of nonessential use of “forever chemicals” in Minnesota

Learn what a brownfield is, how it can negatively affect communities, and resources for cleaning one up.

The MPCA is working to address environmental concerns at the closed Freeway Landfill, to prevent the buried waste from affecting drinking water and the nearby Minnesota River.

Recycling market development works to expand end markets and boost the demand for recycled materials.

Water softeners produce much of the chloride that pollutes Minnesota’s waters. An MPCA grant aims to reduce that pollution with water softener replacement rebate programs.

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 MPCA closed 118 enforcement cases for water quality, air quality, waste, stormwater, and wastewater violations in the second half of 2023.

First of a series of MPCA staff profiles. Kevin Stroom conducts research on streams and has published a report about Straight River.