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Category: Environment

A tree branch extends over sand on the Lake Michigan shoreline on a cloudy day.
Posted inEnvironment

Wisconsin appeals court upholds decisions denying permit to build golf course along Lake Michigan

AP logo by Associated Press December 7th, 2023December 7th, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

A state appeals court has upheld decisions that denied a company a permit to build a golf course near a state park along Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan shoreline.

A farmer walks among cattle.
Posted inEnvironment

Farm conservation programs offer solutions to climate threats, but they’re vastly underfunded

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Erin Jordan / The Gazette, Madeline Heim / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Mónica Cordero / Investigate Midwest November 17th, 2023November 16th, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

The Biden administration has called the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s farm conservation programs a “linchpin” in the nation’s climate strategy, yet they remain vastly underfunded.

We Energies' Oak Creek Power Plant along Lake Michigan
Posted inEnvironment

Wisconsin coal plants are closing, but ratepayers are still on the hook

Avatar photo by Kari Lydersen / Energy News Network November 16th, 2023November 14th, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Advocates and lawmakers say utilities need to find different ways to deal with coal plant debt — and stop making a profit off it.

A brick sign says "Polk County Justice Center" in the foreground with the building in the background.
Posted inEnvironment

Threat to sue town in Polk County, Wisconsin, over large farm regulations revives local control fight

Avatar photo by Bennet Goldstein / Wisconsin Watch October 26th, 2023October 26th, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Backed by a pro-business law group, two Wisconsin residents challenge regulations of concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs.

Workers on and next to a fire truck
Posted inEnvironment

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers allocates $402 million to combat PFAS, other water contaminants

AP logo by Associated Press October 23rd, 2023October 23rd, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Gov. Tony Evers is allocating more than $402 million to address polluted drinking water in Wisconsin, his office announced Monday.

A barge on the Mississippi River
Posted inEnvironment

Mississippi River basin residents worry about environment, but few know they live in the basin

Avatar photo by Madeline Heim / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel October 23rd, 2023October 20th, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

A survey of residents in 10 states, including Wisconsin, points to a need for better communication from river scientists and advocates.

An electric car charging station
Posted inEnvironment, Government

In Wisconsin, federal grants could break bottleneck on climate funding

Avatar photo by Kari Lydersen / Energy News Network October 18th, 2023October 17th, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Wisconsin city and state leaders are glad for a nearly $5 billion federal initiative meant to help states and municipalities advance climate action plans.

An urban farm worker waters a garden
Posted inEnvironment

Composting businesses are sprouting across the Midwest, but many cities are unprepared

Avatar photo by Eva Tesfaye / Harvest Public Media October 11th, 2023October 10th, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Composting food waste can reduce climate impacts and save municipalities money on landfill fees, but concerns about bad smells and pests sometimes get in the way.

Dorothy Oliver stands in the Alabama convenience store that she runs
Posted inEnvironment

Wisconsin cleanup shifts toxic PFAS burden to Alabama Black Belt

Avatar photo by Bennet Goldstein / Wisconsin Watch, Sarah Whites-Koditschek / AL.com and Dennis Pillion / AL.com October 9th, 2023October 17th, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Wisconsin is trucking more than 38,500 gallons of toxic, PFAS-containing firefighting foam to low-income, Black-majority Emelle, Ala., home to one of the country’s largest hazardous waste landfills.

A boat on the Mississippi River
Posted inEnvironment

Mississippi River’s historic high and low water levels vex shipping industry

Avatar photo by Keely Brewer / Daily Memphian September 29th, 2023October 10th, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

The Mississippi River has reached near-historic lows for the second year in a row, which is slowing down shipping and driving up costs for everyone from barge companies to grain elevators.

Solar panels at a farm
Posted inEnvironment

Wisconsin utilities push own policies to compensate solar panel owners, but advocates want a unified approach

Avatar photo by Kari Lydersen / Energy News Network September 28th, 2023September 27th, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Solar advocates say there should be a uniform policy for compensating residential solar generation, rather than allowing “ad-hoc major reforms utility by utility.”

Two construction workers work on a building at a water treatment plant in Minnesota.
Posted inEnvironment

Chlorine creates harmful byproducts in drinking water. New research seeks solutions.

Avatar photo by Chloe Johnson / Minneapolis Star Tribune September 20th, 2023September 20th, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

The Environmental Protection Agency is funding four new research projects into a fundamental drinking water challenge: how to make sure water stays clean of illness-causing microbes without accidentally creating toxic chemicals.

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