As we enter the holiday season, John Linc Stine, Commissioner of the MPCA, reflects on the many things Minnesotan’s can be thankful for in terms of our environment: our [...]
MPCA|St. Paul– Big, older diesel engines put out a lot of pollution: so much that, in terms of reducing air pollution, changing even one of them to a newer, [...]
MPCA|The SSTS Advisory Committee is looking to fill 10 specific roles on the committee. The committee has 21 voting members and several non-voting members. The committee meets four times [...]
MPCA|During the period of July- September 2015, the MPCA completed 29 enforcement cases in 20 counties. Three of the 29 cases (10 percent) were SSTS-related cases. The responsible parties [...]
MPCA|The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council recently selected 39 proposals totaling $111.5 million to recommend to the 2016 Minnesota Legislature for funding. The projects range from $412,000 to Minnesota Audubon for floodplain forest [...]
MPCA|The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently approved almost $2.5 million in federal Clean Water Act Section 319 funding for 13 projects in Minnesota. Contingent on the availability of federal funds, [...]
MPCA|The Legislative Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources recently heard presentations on 97 proposals totaling $70.4 million as the next step in its grant process. The commission is responsible for making recommendations [...]
MPCA|The MPCA is making a wealth of photos available to the news media for illustrating environmental stories. They are available via the Flickr site. You do not need to [...]
MPCA|World leaders met recently at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Paris to try to agree on ways to limit global warming to 3.6°F. This temperature change may not [...]
MPCA|In 2015, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) came up with a variety of creative approaches to the state’s environmental challenges. They included: Water quality data supporting leading-edge buffer [...]
MPCA|The MPCA publishes the Waterfront Bulletin as an email-based newsletter featuring updates on watershed funding, projects, events and research throughout Minnesota. Waterfront is published to share information with internal [...]
MPCA|Gov. Mark Dayton, at the annual meetings of the Minnesota Farm Bureau and the Minnesota Farmers Union, announced his plans to convene a statewide Water Quality Summit in February. [...]
MPCA|Minnesotans are hungry for news about their environment. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is constantly updating our website home page with stories about residents, communities, businesses and agencies [...]
The MPCA recently released two reports on the health of wetlands around the state: Some types have stabilized in quality, and while wetlands are generally healthy, many are suffering [...]
MPCA|The Minnesota Environmental Quality Board’s Water Policy Reportis organized as a menu of options to move beyond the status quo on water challenges. It provides a framework to continue a [...]
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