Environment

• State’s Second Largest Solar Farm Planned

  Feb 27th, 2020 by Corri Hess

  Massive 200 megawatt solar project in Kenosha County would power 55,000 homes per year.

• Eyes on Milwaukee

  Five Libraries to Add Green Infrastructure

  Feb 26th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene

  $1.6 million for green roofs, porous pavement, bioswales, trees and more.

• Two Bald Eagles Illegally Shot, Killed

  Feb 25th, 2020 by Rob Mentzer

  Federally protected species, but two slain in rural Wisconsin, investigation ongoing.

• Low Recycling Prices Push Landfill Dumping

  Feb 24th, 2020 by JT Cestkowski

  As China buys less, recycling prices plummet and counties lose revenue.

• State Seeks to Regulate Coal Ash

  Feb 24th, 2020 by Danielle Kaeding

  DNR seeks federal EPA approval to regulate utilities' coal ash landfills, ponds.

• Johnson Controls Must Expand Inspection of PFAS Pollution

  Feb 22nd, 2020 by Danielle Kaeding

  DNR requiring the company to look further for pollution from forever chemicals.

• Lake Michigan At Record Water Levels

  Feb 22nd, 2020 by Keegan Kyle

  Unprecedented lake levels are wreaking havoc on the shoreline.

• Bipartisan Water Quality Bills Pass

  Feb 20th, 2020 by Isiah Holmes

  Though, they do not make it through the sharply divide legislature without some disagreement.

• City Hall

  City Hopes to Expand Composting

  Feb 19th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene

  Seeks permanent compost program. Pilot program composts 194 tons of food waste annually.

• State’s Maple Syrup Industry At Risk

  Feb 17th, 2020 by Rob Mentzer

  Climate change will cause loss of sugar maple trees, hurting $7 million syrup industry.

• Op Ed

  Trump Vulnerable on Environment

  Feb 16th, 2020 by Spencer Black

  He’s done more damage than any president in modern history. Will Democrats make this an issue?

• Op Ed

  City Wrong to End Composting Program

  Feb 16th, 2020 by Mary Lou Lamonda

  Other cities collect organic waste. Why is Milwaukee ending its program?