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Category: Environment

Posted inEnvironment

Groups argue Wisconsin regulators can’t make factory farms obtain preemptive pollution permits

by Todd Richmond / Associated Press July 13th, 2023July 13th, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Two farm groups have filed a lawsuit alleging that Wisconsin regulators can’t force factory farms to obtain pollution permits before they actually discharge pollutants into state waterways.

Posted inEnvironment

Wisconsin towns brace for next fight on local control over large farms

Avatar photo by Bennet Goldstein / Wisconsin Watch July 6th, 2023August 23rd, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

A proposed pig CAFO spurred five northwest Wisconsin towns to regulate big farms. After one rescinded its ordinance, others wonder if they’ll face lawsuits.

Posted inEnvironment

Midwest states, often billed as climate havens, suffer summer of smoke, drought, heat

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Madeline Heim / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Chloe Johnson / Minneapolis Star Tribune June 30th, 2023August 1st, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

The lingering presence of wildfire smoke has made for an unusual start to summer across the Midwest. It also comes during a near-record drought crisping fields across the Corn Belt and the threat of hotter summers to come.

Posted inEnvironment

At rules hearing, U.S. EPA hears human toll of unaddressed coal ash pollution

Avatar photo by Kari Lydersen / Energy News Network June 30th, 2023June 29th, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

“My husband and I had plans when I retired to travel; now he’s in the graveyard,” said the widow of a cleanup worker at the infamous 2008 Kingston, Tennessee, coal ash spill.

Posted inEnvironment

Canadian wildfire smoke threatens Wisconsin air quality. Here’s how to check health numbers. 

AP logo by Wisconsin Watch and Associated Press June 27th, 2023June 29th, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Wisconsin faces a statewide Air Quality Advisory for fine particulate matter from wildfire smoke until noon on Thursday, June 29.

Posted inEnvironment

Midwest drought: Corn and soybeans suffer as forecasters expect no quick relief for farmers

Avatar photo by Bennet Goldstein / Wisconsin Watch June 23rd, 2023August 23rd, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Arid conditions are expected to persist in eastern Iowa, Missouri, Illinois and Wisconsin. River barges are affected, too.

Posted inEnvironment

With billions on the table for water infrastructure, small communities risk being left out to dry

Avatar photo by Connor Giffin / The Courier Journal June 20th, 2023June 20th, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Water system operators are stretched thin, covering around-the-clock responsibilities to keep water running safely and reliably.

Posted inEnvironment

EPA proposes to expand its regulations on dumps of toxic waste from burning coal

by Amy Green / Inside Climate News and James Bruggers / Inside Climate News June 13th, 2023June 8th, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

The action was prompted by a lawsuit to close a loophole that left many coal ash sites without federal regulations; some sites will be exempted

Posted inEnvironment

Lost in translation: How USDA barriers leave immigrant farmers and ranchers behind

Avatar photo by Brittney J. Miller / The Gazette June 10th, 2023June 7th, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Federal agriculture funding is a vital resource, but immigrant producers face language and cultural obstacles to benefiting from it.

Posted inEnvironment

Wildfire smoke is new hazard in upper Midwest

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Madeline Heim / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Chloe Johnson / Minneapolis Star Tribune June 10th, 2023July 31st, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Canadian wildfire smoke brought air quality alerts to the Midwest. Such episodes will grow more common as the earth warms, climate experts say.

Posted inEnvironment

Lo que se pierde en la traducción: Como las barreras producidas por el USDA dejan abandonados a los agricultores y los ganaderos inmigrantes

Avatar photo by Brittney J. Miller / The Gazette June 10th, 2023June 7th, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Los fondos federales para la agricultura son recursos esenciales, pero los productores inmigrantes se enfrentan con barreras lingüísticas y culturales que no les permiten sacar provecho de ellos

Protestors march with signs in hand reading, "Water is life."
Posted inEnvironment

Does the Mississippi River have rights?

Avatar photo by Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco / WNIJ-Northern Public Radio June 9th, 2023June 7th, 2023 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Black and indigenous organizers from across the Mississippi River basin called to grant the river legal standing at a summit in late May. It’s part of a nascent movement that has won meaningful success abroad and is picking up steam in the U.S., with far-reaching implications.

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