Environment

Op Ed: County Officials Want to Pave Paradise
Op Ed

County Officials Want to Pave Paradise

Why Kletzsch Park riverside is a sacred place with Native American history that must be saved.

Op Ed: County’s Fish Passage Plan Seems Fishy
Op Ed

County’s Fish Passage Plan Seems Fishy

Plan for Kletzsch Park has all the charm and beauty of an industrial conveyor belt.

2019 Sets Record, State’s Wettest Year

2019 Sets Record, State’s Wettest Year

4 of the state's 5 wettest years ever recorded were in the last decade.

Proposed Mine a Ticking Time Bomb

Proposed Mine a Ticking Time Bomb

Mine on Wisconsin border would use approach that has resulted in 46 catastrophic failures in last 20 years.

Green Groups Sue Public Service Commission

Green Groups Sue Public Service Commission

Two PSC members who okayed transmission lines had ties to utilities pushing project, suit charges.

Campaign Cash: Farm Pollution Rules May Get Killed
Campaign Cash

Farm Pollution Rules May Get Killed

Big business lobby WMC and Big Agriculture donors oppose the rules.

State Leads in Cutting Pollution Control

State Leads in Cutting Pollution Control

Funding decline of 36% from 2008-2018, biggest in U.S., Walker helped drive change.

Behold the Democratic Green Team

Behold the Democratic Green Team

“Forward on Climate” package includes bills on green banks, weatherizing schools.

Op Ed: Let the Fish Run Free
Op Ed

Let the Fish Run Free

Let’s move to create fish passage at the Kletzsch Park dam.

Great Lakes Echo: Tracking Balloon Debris in Great Lakes
Great Lakes Echo

Tracking Balloon Debris in Great Lakes

New website tracks this. Balloons 32 times more likely to kill wildlife than hard plastics.

Op Ed: Lessons of the Lower Wisconsin River
Op Ed

Lessons of the Lower Wisconsin River

Beautifully conserved, it's the longest free flowing river left in the Midwest.

State Grants Target Diesel Emissions

State Grants Target Diesel Emissions

Goal is to get buses, other vehicles to switch to cleaner liquid propane.