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Minnesota’s Digital Fair Repair Act went into effect July 1. Here’s why it matters and how you can use it to save money and the environment
The Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative emitted higher levels of hydrogen sulfide than allowed from its Renville facility, resulting in a $1.15 million fine following an MPCA investigation.
Public invited to comment on draft guidance A fish kill at Trout Valley Creek near Minneiska. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) today released a…
Many industrial by-products are good candidates for land application based on their nutrient content.
A transport truck released fugitive lime dust that drifted and deposited on area school playground equipment, vehicles, and vegetation near its paper production facility in International Falls, Minn., in October 2023.
Heartland Corn Products failed emission stack tests in November 2021 and February 2022 for volatile organic compounds and particulates at its ethanol production facility in Winthrop, Minn.
We Are Water MN travels to Leech Lake, where Raining White works to protect and restore manoomin, or wild rice.
The MPCA certifies Minnesota municipal, government, or industrial laboratories that are used to comply with National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)/State Disposal System (SDS) permits or for water quality work for agency programs.
The MPCA is granting $4.4m from VW settlement funds to replace dirty diesel trucks with cleaner drivetrains. Similar previous grants show how the program works.
It's Septic Smart Week and Minnesota local governments are reporting significant progress in fixing inadequate septic systems around the state.
The city of Duluth will pay a $12,000 fine and spend $190,000 in compensation for a 2024 incident that led to a fish kill in Tischer Creek.
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…
Hear Josh Krenz's story about protecting water in Minnesota at We Are Water MN, a traveling exhibit and community engagement program that explores Minnesotans’ relationships with water. You can visit the exhibit from March 2 through April 24 at the Sherburne History Center in Becker, Minn.
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.
Permits help the MPCA protect the environment.
Air quality dispersion modeling uses a computer model to estimate air pollution concentrations from regulated facilities and other sources of pollution.
Resources for the dry cleaning industry
East Side Jersey Dairy Inc., doing business as Prairie Farms Dairy Inc., had several liquid sugar spills they failed to report to the Minnesota Duty Officer in 2022 and 2023. The spills created a potential for harm to the environment and aquatic life had they reached wetlands near the company’s facility in Woodbury, Minnesota.
Sanimax USA LLC failed to seek a required major air permit amendment and conduct air emissions modeling prior to making changes to its pollution control equipment systems in 2019 at its animal products rendering facility in South St. Paul, Minnesota.
Companies penalized for improperly releasing polluted stormwater at Xcel Energy’s St. Paul Service Center construction site on the east side of Saint Paul.