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Posted inEnvironment

‘Something has to be done’: Living along Madison’s Starkweather Creek, one of Wisconsin’s most polluted waterways.

by Isaac Wasserman / Wisconsin Watch October 7th, 2021October 14th, 2021
Posted inEnvironment, Failure at the Faucet, Health & Welfare

‘It’s criminal’: Milwaukeeans call for speedier lead pipeline removal to cut childhood poisoning

by Diana Butsko / Wisconsin Watch September 9th, 2021February 2nd, 2022
Posted inEnvironment, Failure at the Faucet, Health & Welfare

Spurred by Flint crisis, Eau Claire aims to eliminate lead pipelines

by Madeline Fuerstenberg / Wisconsin Watch and WPR September 9th, 2021February 2nd, 2022
Posted inEnvironment, Failure at the Faucet, Health & Welfare

Worried about lead poisoning in Wisconsin? Here’s what you should know.

by Diana Butsko / Wisconsin Watch September 9th, 2021February 2nd, 2022
Posted inEnvironment, Failure at the Faucet, Health & Welfare

Cow manure predicted to cause most sickness from contaminated wells in Kewaunee County

by Coburn Dukehart / Wisconsin Watch June 23rd, 2021August 6th, 2021
Posted inEnvironment

Ancient human remains unearthed at proposed Kohler golf course site in Wisconsin

by Jim Malewitz / Wisconsin Watch May 22nd, 2021June 30th, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

‘The middle of a massive contamination’: Residents of Wisconsin region struggle with aftereffects of dangerous ‘forever chemicals’

by John McCracken / Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting May 4th, 2021October 4th, 2021
Posted inEnvironment, Failure at the Faucet

Wisconsin Supreme Court weighs state power to protect water from farm pollutants

by Royce Podeszwa / WisPolitics and Jim Malewitz / Wisconsin Watch April 9th, 2021June 22nd, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Economy, Environment, Health & Welfare

Wisconsin’s No. 1 mink farming industry now seen as a COVID-19 risk

by Kate Golden for Wisconsin Watch January 30th, 2021May 6th, 2021
Posted inEnvironment, Failure at the Faucet

As rains intensify, sewage surges into Wisconsin waters

by Danielle Kaeding January 11th, 2020February 24th, 2021
Posted inEnvironment

Great Lakes freighters may have to treat ballast water to curb invasives

by Jim Malewitz / Wisconsin Watch and Sarah Whites-Koditschek August 27th, 2019February 24th, 2021
Posted inEconomy, Environment, Government

Solar flare-up: Utility blocks Iowa firm from harnessing the sun in Milwaukee

by Sarah Whites-Koditschek July 7th, 2019March 16th, 2021

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