EPA wants iron miners in Minnesota, Michigan to slash mercury emissions
Federal authorities have proposed new regulations that would force Minnesota's iron mining industry to slash its mercury emissions.
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Federal authorities have proposed new regulations that would force Minnesota's iron mining industry to slash its mercury emissions.
WCCO has learned a Twin Cities manufacturing plant with a history of pollution is under investigation again.
An Xcel Energy nuclear plant in Monticello will temporarily shut down after officials found more radioactive water leaking from the facility.
Leaders from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Minnesota Department of Health highlighted requests to lawmakers that will further the state’s progress on addressing PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals.”
"Humanity is on thin ice, and that ice is melting fast," the U.N. chief said, calling a new report on the rate of climate change "a survival guide for humanity."
According to state officials, 400,000 gallons of water contaminated with tritium leaked from a water pipe running between two buildings at the facility.
The organization behind the study said it highlights "the need for legally binding agreements" to hold companies to account "for the entire life of the things they make."
The community is one step closer to holding a manufacturing plant with a history of pollution accountable.
University of Wisconsin-Madison environmental engineering expert Christy Remucal said researchers have not found a way to destroy the chemicals or remove them from the environment on a large scale.
Researchers say it's the equivalent of drinking a month's worth of water contaminated with toxic "forever chemicals" known as PFAS.
Greenpeace USA blasted industry claims of creating an efficient, circular economy as "fiction."
When you turn on the stove to make a meal, you probably aren't thinking about climate change - but some cities are starting to ban gas stoves.
A new study finds that more than 120 trillion tons of ice in Greenland is no longer being fed by glaciers and is destined to melt away.
The nuclear power plant in the middle of the fighting in Ukraine was temporarily cut off from the electrical grid because of fire damage.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (known as PFAS) are long-lasting compounds that are showing up in soil, ground water, drinking water sources, even rainfall, and have been linked to cancer, liver damage, thyroid disease, and other ailments.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency held a public meeting Thursday night to get community feedback in White Bear Township.
The federal government said Friday that it will distribute $60 million among 12 states that have waterways that flow into the Mississippi River to help them control farm runoff and other pollution that contribute to a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency provided an update Tuesday regarding the groundwater investigation in Andover's Red Oaks neighborhood.
As wildfires sweep across the southwestern United States, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says that fewer wildfires are expected in the Upper Midwest in 2022.
More of Minnesota's lakes and streams are reaching concerning levels of contamination, and it's making swimming and fishing questionable in more places.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency announced an enforcement agreement with the 3M company regarding its failure to correctly record, store, inspect, and dispose of hazardous waste at its manufacturing and waste incineration facility in Cottage Grove.
As the snow melts, trash left behind during the winter starts to make its way towards our waterways.
Cities along the Mississippi River will take part in a global system to determine where plastic pollution comes from and how it ends up in waterways as a first step toward solving the problem, officials said Wednesday.
"It is one of the most egregious cases of pollution that I have ever seen," attorney Laura Sheets said. "This is impacting these people's ability to use and enjoy their homes. It's impacting their ability to sell their house."
Thousands of oil and gas operations, government facilities and other sites won permission to stop monitoring for hazardous emissions or otherwise bypass rules intended to protect health and the environment because of the coronavirus outbreak, The Associated Press has found.
