The Citizens Board of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency decided Tuesday not to require an environmental review of 3M's plan to import hazardous wastes from other states to burn in its incinerator.
(05/23/2012)
A controversial iron treatment in a Chisago County lake can continue, a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency panel said on Tuesday.
(05/22/2012)
The Minnesota Department of Health has set new guidance for manganese in drinking water for formula-fed infants.
(05/16/2012)
A Ramsey Court judge has upheld the state's standard for sulfate in waters that produce wild rice.
(05/11/2012)
A national environmental group is asking for a federal study on the cumulative impacts of sulfide mining in the Great Lakes region.
(05/10/2012)
Several environmental groups are trying to force the federal government to impose pollution controls at Xcel's Sherburne County power plant.
(05/09/2012)
Minnesota is enlisting dogs in the battle to prevent the spread of the emerald ash borer.
(05/08/2012)
Boat lift operators, local police officers and lake association volunteers are being trained to inspect boats to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species as the walleye fishing season opener approaches.
(05/04/2012)
Details on wolf hunting will be announced in the next couple of weeks by the Department of Natural Resources.
(05/04/2012)
Gov. Mark Dayton has signed a game and fish bill that sets up a wolf-hunting season, and raises license fees for the first time in more than a decade.
(05/03/2012)
Several western metro lake associations have dropped their lawsuit against the DNR over zebra mussel inspections, after a Carver County judge ruled against the injunction they had requested
(05/03/2012)
Paul Aasen, the commissioner of the Minesota Pollution Control Agency, has resigned to take the post of Minneapolis city coordinator.
(05/01/2012)
State workers are preparing to set nearly 18,000 gypsy moth traps across Minnesota this spring as part of an annual survey to slow the spread of the pest.
(05/01/2012)
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is getting ready for the fishing season by training boat inspectors who will spend the summer trying to limit the spread of aquatic invasive species.
(05/01/2012)
A state agency approved a plan Tuesday to reduce haze in Voyageurs National Park and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
(04/24/2012)
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