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.
Category: Environment
Posted inEnvironment
Farm conservation programs offer solutions to climate threats, but they’re vastly underfunded
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.
Posted inEnvironment
Wisconsin coal plants are closing, but ratepayers are still on the hook
Advocates and lawmakers say utilities need to find different ways to deal with coal plant debt — and stop making a profit off it.
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Threat to sue town in Polk County, Wisconsin, over large farm regulations revives local control fight
Backed by a pro-business law group, two Wisconsin residents challenge regulations of concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs.
Posted inEnvironment
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers allocates $402 million to combat PFAS, other water contaminants
Gov. Tony Evers is allocating more than $402 million to address polluted drinking water in Wisconsin, his office announced Monday.
Posted inEnvironment
Mississippi River basin residents worry about environment, but few know they live in the basin
A survey of residents in 10 states, including Wisconsin, points to a need for better communication from river scientists and advocates.
Posted inEnvironment, Government
In Wisconsin, federal grants could break bottleneck on climate funding
Wisconsin city and state leaders are glad for a nearly $5 billion federal initiative meant to help states and municipalities advance climate action plans.
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Composting businesses are sprouting across the Midwest, but many cities are unprepared
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.
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Wisconsin cleanup shifts toxic PFAS burden to Alabama Black Belt
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.
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Mississippi River’s historic high and low water levels vex shipping industry
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.
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Wisconsin utilities push own policies to compensate solar panel owners, but advocates want a unified approach
Solar advocates say there should be a uniform policy for compensating residential solar generation, rather than allowing “ad-hoc major reforms utility by utility.”
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Chlorine creates harmful byproducts in drinking water. New research seeks solutions.
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.