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Findings underscore need to reduce use of “forever chemicals”

Environmental information and resources for the automotive industry

Industrial Stormwater Steps to Compliance - Step 2: Consider certifying for No Exposure

As part of the PFAS pollution prevention law called Amara’s Law, manufacturers are required to report intentionally added PFAS in products sold in Minnesota and pay a fee. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has extended the reporting due date to Sept. 15, 2026.

Residents' guide to stormwater permitting.

Advising farmers about seeds, fertilizers, and other decisions, crop consultants have potential to promote sustainable practices to benefit water and soil health, and impact climate change.

Reducing campus discards and raising awareness of sustainability through outreach and community engagement

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

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.

Guidance for submitting data to MPCA Remediation Division programs: Superfund, Site Assessment, Petroleum Remediation, Brownfields, RCRA Remediation, Closed Landfill, and Integrated Remediation.

From shorter winter ice seasons to shifting fish populations, climate change is transforming Minnesota lakes as we know them.

Elk River Landfill, Inc. proposes a northward expansion of its landfill into Livonia Township.

Some permittees are receiving phishing attacks claiming to be from the EPA. How to spot a phishing attack and what to do about it.

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…

To reduce contamination at compost facilities, Minnesota’s compostable product labeling law requires all bags, packaging, and food service products labeled as “compostable” and sold in Minnesota after Jan. 1, 2025, to meet certain requirements.

The Minnesota Repair Project is one of several initiatives that received a grant from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency aimed at reducing waste and boosting reuse across the state.

Lights, camera, antics! Students at Century College script and produce a fun video as part of their coursework.

The MPCA studies, monitors, and regulates water pollutants to protect human health and the environment. Minnesota water quality standards strives to protect water for use, measures health of waters, and guides limits on what regulated facilities can discharge to surface waters.

Regulatory certainty is an incentive for municipalities that will employ biological nutrient removal in their wastewater treatment technology, and that are willing to accept a nitrogen limits in…

The new commercial organics collection will service a 20- to 30-stop route across both Hubbard and Beltrami counties.