Environment
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
Lessons of the Lower Wisconsin River
Beautifully conserved, it's the longest free flowing river left in the Midwest.
Dec 2nd, 2019 by Spencer Black
State Grants Target Diesel Emissions
Goal is to get buses, other vehicles to switch to cleaner liquid propane.
Dec 2nd, 2019 by Miranda Suarez, Wisconsin Public Radio
Eau Claire Embraces Electric Cars
First city in Wisconsin to approve a goal of carbon neutrality by 2050.
Nov 29th, 2019 by John Davis, Wisconsin Public Radio
Council Bans Most Plastic Straws
Use by bars and restaurants prohibited unless customers request them.
Nov 26th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
