MINNESOTA CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL

Water quality: mcea's water quality program focuses on protecting minnesota's greatest natural resource and economic asset: its water. Minnesotans rely on our water for drinking, recreation, travel, a wide variety of economic activity, and well-being. Mcea works to protect surface and groundwater by securing more effective controls on "forever chemicals", agricultural runoff, and pollution. Mcea also seeks to protect lake superior from the dual threats of pollution and invasive species. Mcea partners with communities to protect local drinking water sources from a wide range of threats that undermine public health.

Healthy communities: environmental harms fall more heavily on some communities that are historically and disproportionately affected by environmental impacts and pollution. In these areas, environmental laws are ignored or enforced in such a way to protect polluters, not the community. Mcea's advocacy focuses on building and protecting healthy communities for all. The healthy communities program leverages mcea's legal skills, organizational resources, and access to decision-makers to build power for communities and fight for environmental justice alongside our partners. Mcea is proud to have dedicated and general funding to support its environmental justice work, and aims to integrate environmental justice principles into every aspect of its work.