Environment

• $90 Million Coal Plant Upgrade Approved

  Jan 18th, 2022 by Danielle Kaeding

  State PSC okays WE Energies pollution controls; plan criticized for investing more in fossil fuels.

• City’s Largest Solar Installation Is Live

  Mar 16th, 2021 by Graham Kilmer

  More than 7,000 solar panels produce enough energy to power 500 homes.

• Puerto Rico’s Earthquakes Touch the City

  Jan 21st, 2020 by Terry Falk

  Puerto Rican Wisconsinites having trouble making contact with friends and relatives.

• Jack Hanna (and friends) educate and entertain at the Marcus

  Mar 9th, 2013 by Emily Carl

  Jungle Jack Hanna, of TV fame, brought his live show to Milwaukee.

• Innovation H2O

  “Building the Water-Centric City”

  Oct 2nd, 2012 by Holly Nearman

  The Milwaukee Water Council is making a name for itself on the international stage, and is holding its sixth annual summit next week at the Pfister Hotel.

• Great Lakes Distillery hosts special absinthe release

  Aug 20th, 2012 by Carly Rubach

  The Victory Garden Initiative and Great Lakes Distillery combine their love for community gardening for the "Amerique 1912" release event on Saturday, Aug. 25.

• Milwaukee Water Council, UWM celebrate UN World Water Day

  Mar 27th, 2012 by Holly Nearman

  A documentary produced by three Racine high school students and the three-mile Walk for Water highlighted Milwaukee's inaugural celebration of World Water Day.

• This Week in History

  Mining Moratorium Bill passed in 1997

  Mar 12th, 2012 by Holly Nearman

  With overwhelming bipartisan support, the Wisconsin state senate passed the Mining Moratorium Bill in 1997, later signed into law by Gov. Tommy Thompson.

• Sen. Ron Johnson has a message for the GOP candidate

  Aug 29th, 2011 by Patti Wenzel

  The junior senator addressed the Milwaukee Metropolitan Association of Commerce last week to talk about the key issues in the 2012 presidential race.

• SMUG — a new approach to your morning coffee

  May 23rd, 2011 by Adrian Rojas

  Milwaukee inventor comes up with a new way to drink your coffee, pay for it and save the environment too.

• PODCAST

  Small behaviors, big change

  May 19th, 2011 by Mark Metcalf

  Want to save the planet? Environmental stewardship begins with you. Ken Leinbach of the Urban Ecology Center talks about how simple behaviors can have a huge impact.

• Green architecture finds a home in Walker’s Point

  May 19th, 2011 by James P. Larson

  With Milwaukee Fix, Walker's Point welcomes one of the city's first "green" buildings, utilizing sustainable, eco-friendly practices from start to finish.