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MPCA needs justice members

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is looking for members from diverse and underrepresented communities across the state to serve in the agency’s environmental justice advisory group. Applications are open through Feb. 13; application information is available at https://www.pca.state.mn.us/about-mpca/environmental-justice-advisory-group.

There is an information session at 5 p.m. Jan. 25 at the MPCA Duluth office at 525 Lake Ave. S. in Canal Park with online sessions Jan. 17 and Jan. 23.

The MPCA environmental justice advisory group assists the agency in elevating environmental justice as a foundational priority of its work to protect human health and the environment. For more information, contact José Luis Villaseñor at [email protected] or 651-757-2557.