Environment
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Great Lakes Echo
Extreme Changes Forecast for Great Lakes
May 21st, 2019 by Cassidy Hough
Report shows Canada warming twice as fast as the world, driving Great Lakes water level, weather swings.
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City Hall
Oh, Those Dreaded Plastic Bags
May 15th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Council debates what to do with bags that clog up recycling process.
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City Hall
Recycling Costs Rise By $457,000 Per Year
May 15th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Changes by China will mean higher cost for taxpayers for recycling.
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State Gets $61 Million in EPA Grants
May 13th, 2019 by Danielle Kaeding
$43 million for state’s Clean Water program and $18.7 million for Safe Drinking Water Loan Program.
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We Energies Pushes Solar Charge. Again
May 10th, 2019 by Kari Lydersen
Surcharge could cost solar users $180 year. Court rejected proposal in 2014.
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Great Lakes Water Levels Surging
May 7th, 2019 by Danielle Kaeding
Record water levels expected over next six months.
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DNR Won’t Back Frac Sand Wetland Permit
May 5th, 2019 by Rich Kremer
Reverses stand, supports judge’s ruling invalidating Meteor Timber’s DNR permit to fill high-quality wetland.
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Kaul Sides With Environmentalists in Cases
May 4th, 2019 by Danielle Kaeding
Attorney General reverses DOJ position on lawsuits over dairy farm expansion, high-capacity wells.
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Op Ed
State Stewardship Fund Too Costly
May 1st, 2019 by State Senators Tom Tiffany and Duey Stroebel
Total land purchased, put aside is the size of Delaware. Program should be cut back.
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Photo Gallery
Shall We Gather at the Rivers
Apr 29th, 2019 by Jack Fennimore
Volunteers at 65 locations along city's three rivers pitched in for Riverkeeper's Spring Cleanup.
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MKE County
Board Condemns We Energies Discharge Permit
Apr 26th, 2019 by Graham Kilmer
DNR could allow small variance in mercury discharged. County board, Sierra Club object.
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Trump Policies on Great Lakes Opposed
Apr 25th, 2019 by Danielle Kaeding
Conservation groups resist proposed changes in wetland, stream protections, note impact on Great Lakes.
