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Minnesota’s air currently meets all federal air quality standards. However, even levels of air pollution below the standards can affect people’s health, including levels currently found in parts of Minnesota.
State and community leaders visited Faribault and Northfield to observe Minnesota climate resiliency efforts in action.
The MPCA regulates most aspects of livestock management including the location, design, construction, operation, and management of feedlots and manure-handling facilities.
With 100 days until a law aimed at removing PFAS from consumer products goes into effect, state leaders celebrate three Minnesota-based companies already offering goods made without PFAS.
Conditionally exempt facilities do not need an air quality permit if they follow specific requirements.
Guidance for MPCA contractor and subcontractors
Superfund requires specific investigation and cleanup processes, designates parties that are legally responsible for the cleanup, and provides funds for certain types of cleanups under Minnesota’s Environmental Response and Liability Act (MERLA).
MPCA and the Minnesota Department of Health continue to sample private residential wells, municipal wells, and non-community public wells (e.g., small businesses, churches, schools) in the East Metro area for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Information will support the phase out of nonessential use of “forever chemicals” in Minnesota
Findings underscore need to reduce use of “forever chemicals”
Learn what a brownfield is, how it can negatively affect communities, and resources for cleaning one up.
The MPCA today released its environmental assessment worksheet (EAW) for a new facility proposed by Vanguard Organics, LLC that will process organic materials through anaerobic digesters near Litchfield.
Don't let your septic system freeze. Here are some simple tips that can help you avoid costly problems with your septic system.
Ask the MPCA features questions Minnesotans have asked us, on the issues the agency works on, from waste disposal, water and air quality, and chemicals in products to recycling and reuse,…
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.
Cleaner water is taking hold across Minnesota this Earth Day as farmers and communities scale up solutions that protect rivers, strengthen soil, and build resilience from headwaters to downstream lakes.
Composting your Halloween jack-o'-lantern is a good way to keep it out of the landfill. So is giving it to a local farmer.
Learn what steps you can take to reduce the pollution from small neighborhood sources.
Pig’s Eye Dump in Saint Paul has been slated for cleanup and restoration.
MPCA collects information about the sale and use of greenhouse gases with high global warming potential.