Environment
Birds Can Now Be Slaughtered
County tries to protect birds as Trump policies open door to wanton killing.
Dec 30th, 2019 by James Rowen
Back From Madrid, Barnes Pushes Climate Policy
Lt. Governor attended international climate conference, envisions state as a climate policy leader.
Dec 30th, 2019 by Isiah Holmes, Wisconsin Examiner
County Officials Want to Pave Paradise
Why Kletzsch Park riverside is a sacred place with Native American history that must be saved.
Dec 18th, 2019 by Martha Bergland
County’s Fish Passage Plan Seems Fishy
Plan for Kletzsch Park has all the charm and beauty of an industrial conveyor belt.
Dec 16th, 2019 by Karl Gartung
2019 Sets Record, State’s Wettest Year
4 of the state's 5 wettest years ever recorded were in the last decade.
Dec 16th, 2019 by Danielle Kaeding, Wisconsin Public Radio
Proposed Mine a Ticking Time Bomb
Mine on Wisconsin border would use approach that has resulted in 46 catastrophic failures in last 20 years.
Dec 13th, 2019 by Al Gedicks
Green Groups Sue Public Service Commission
Two PSC members who okayed transmission lines had ties to utilities pushing project, suit charges.
Dec 12th, 2019 by Hope Kirwan, Wisconsin Public Radio
Farm Pollution Rules May Get Killed
Big business lobby WMC and Big Agriculture donors oppose the rules.
Dec 10th, 2019 by Wisconsin Democracy Campaign
State Leads in Cutting Pollution Control
Funding decline of 36% from 2008-2018, biggest in U.S., Walker helped drive change.
Dec 8th, 2019 by Danielle Kaeding, Wisconsin Public Radio
Behold the Democratic Green Team
“Forward on Climate” package includes bills on green banks, weatherizing schools.
Dec 4th, 2019 by Isiah Holmes, Wisconsin Examiner
Let the Fish Run Free
Let’s move to create fish passage at the Kletzsch Park dam.
Dec 3rd, 2019 by Milwaukee Riverkeeper
Tracking Balloon Debris in Great Lakes
New website tracks this. Balloons 32 times more likely to kill wildlife than hard plastics.
Dec 3rd, 2019 by Tasia Bass Cont
