Environment

4,000 Volunteers Clean Up Rivers

4,000 Volunteers Clean Up Rivers

Annual spring cleanup removed 75,000 pounds of garbage.

Green Luminaries: Mequon Nature Preserve Battles Water Pollution
Green Luminaries

Mequon Nature Preserve Battles Water Pollution

MMSD gives group its Green Luminary award in recognition of these efforts.

Advancing the Fresh Food Movement

Advancing the Fresh Food Movement

How composting by the Victory Garden Initiative serves north side urban farms.

Ms. Green Of Milwaukee

Ms. Green Of Milwaukee

Harambee resident Elise Myers is passionate environmental educator for Urban Ecology Center.

Op-Ed: Questions and Answers on Estabrook Dam
Op-Ed

Questions and Answers on Estabrook Dam

Part 2 of analysis disagreeing with our series and arguing dam should not be repaired.

Op-Ed: Don’t Repair the Estabrook Dam
Op-Ed

Don’t Repair the Estabrook Dam

Taking issue with Urban Milwaukee's series. First of two parts.

Tainted Water: Wisconsin A Leader in Strontium Pollution
Tainted Water

Wisconsin A Leader in Strontium Pollution

73 of 100 worst readings in strontium-laced drinking water were in Waukesha, Brookfield, other towns.

Tainted Water: State’s Drinking Water Has Radium Problem
Tainted Water

State’s Drinking Water Has Radium Problem

Waukesha is among dozens of communities in Wisconsin with radium-tainted well water.

Turtle Park Is New Green Space

Turtle Park Is New Green Space

Restoration project on Milwaukee River below Humboldt Blvd. Bridge is a MANDI nominee.

Wisconsin Has New Pesticide Problem

Wisconsin Has New Pesticide Problem

Huge farms use pesticide-coated seeds that devastate bee colonies and cause other harms.

Water Is a “Life and Death” Matter

Water Is a “Life and Death” Matter

Bruce Murphy talks on TMJ about bill easing private firms' purchase of water utilities.

A Freshwater Controversy: The Path Forward for Estabrook Dam
A Freshwater Controversy

The Path Forward for Estabrook Dam

It’s a golden opportunity for Milwaukee if we tone down the rhetoric and consider the potential.