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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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.
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Canadian wildfire smoke threatens Wisconsin air quality. Here’s how to check health numbers.
Wisconsin faces a statewide Air Quality Advisory for fine particulate matter from wildfire smoke until noon on Thursday, June 29.
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Lost in translation: How USDA barriers leave immigrant farmers and ranchers behind
Federal agriculture funding is a vital resource, but immigrant producers face language and cultural obstacles to benefiting from it.
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Wildfire smoke is new hazard in upper Midwest
Canadian wildfire smoke brought air quality alerts to the Midwest. Such episodes will grow more common as the earth warms, climate experts say.
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Lo que se pierde en la traducción: Como las barreras producidas por el USDA dejan abandonados a los agricultores y los ganaderos inmigrantes
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
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Midwest governors want to sell ethanol in summer despite smog risks
An EPA proposal would allow Wisconsin and seven other states to sell E15 fuel, which contains up to 15% ethanol, year-round.
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Potential hydrogen source could power trucks while reducing greenhouse gases
Bringing hydrogen to market might be just as difficult as finding it.
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Bill could help ‘innocent purchasers’ clean up contaminated Wisconsin land
While previous bills have failed, backers offer new funding options that could pave the path forward.
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Northeast Wisconsin town faces costly, messy PFAS struggle
Peshtigo residents are exposed to dangerous levels of ‘forever chemicals.’ They are torn over their options for getting clean water.
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Farmers endured a rough year, but fertilizer companies cashed in
Even though some farmers could not afford the rising costs of fertilizer, the commodity’s prices have massively boosted company profits in 2022. One major player saw net earnings over the first nine months of 2022 jump more than 1,000% over the same time period in 2021