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Learn what steps you can take to reduce the pollution from small neighborhood sources.
Northern Iron operates an iron foundry in an environmental justice area in Saint Paul's Payne-Phalen neighborhood.
Apply for the 2025-2026 Minnesota GreenCorps program and spend a year working on environmental issues and making a difference in communities around the state.
The St. Louis River Watershed covers 3,584 square miles at the head of the Great Lakes and represents the extreme headwaters of the St. Lawrence River.
Feedlot nutrient and manure management
Smart Salting is a suite of techniques that minimize the environmental and economic impacts of chloride while still meeting public needs.
A waste is any material that can no longer be used for its original intended purpose. The type of waste generated can include recyclables, solid waste, and hazardous wastes, which may be subject to specific management and disposal requirements.
Composting organic waste and compostable products creates a valuable product that improves soil fertility, conserves water, and reduces erosion.
Improving water quality in Lake George has required treating phosphorus in the water and filtering pollutants out of urban stormwater.
Regular people are pretty good at judging water quality, and new research from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) proves it.
Businesses like grocery, liquor, and convenience stores depend on refrigeration systems. Some of these systems, however, can prove expensive to operate and harmful to the environment.
In Minnesota, certain tasks in the design, installation, repair, maintenance, operation, or inspection of septic systems can only be done by certified individuals. Find out what training, experience, and exams are required to fulfill the requirements for certification.
Resources developed by the Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to help you spread the word about how Minnesota will reduce “forever chemicals” through Amara’s Law.
Minnesota GreenCorps member Leslie Alcantar Mejia helped Hennepin County toward its goal of planting 1 million trees during her service term.
Hot, sunny weather brings the possibility of air quality alerts due to ozone. But what exactly is ozone?
Each year, MPCA hires seasonal positions to assist with biological monitoring of streams and wetlands during the summer months.
The MPCA is working on both short and long-term solutions to the growing waste problems in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
In Minnesota, commercial entities that produce any amount of hazardous waste are regulated as hazardous-waste "generators."
MPCA investigation determined that construction sediment was discharged into the Blue Earth River and a county ditch.
Through a certificate of need process, MPCA is offering existing landfills the opportunity to expand their existing capacity.