Environmental Protection Agency

AG Kaul Joins Coalition Challenging Rollback of Limits on Dangerous Emissions of Mercury and Other Hazardous Air Pollutants From Power Plants

Tom Tiffany Holds Press Conference on Ending Vehicle Emissions Testing in Wisconsin

AG Kaul Challenges Unlawful Rescission of Landmark 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding

Coalition of States, Counties, and Cities Across the Country Mount Legal Challenge in Opposition to EPA’s Unlawful Rollback

Clean Wisconsin Sues Epa Over Repeal of Climate Protections

Overwhelming evidence shows climate change is already hurting Wisconsinites

DNR Seeking Public Comment on Updated Water Condition Lists and TMDLs

AG Kaul Issues Statement Condemning the Illegal Rescission of EPAs Landmark 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding

Trumps EPA Takes Another Step to Put Polluters Over People

Sierra Club: Trump’s Latest Environmental Rollbacks Are Yet Another Move to Cuddle Up to Coal and Fossil Fuel Industries

DNR Publishes Wisconsin Food Waste Evaluation

DHS Supports Local Initiatives to Increase Radon Awareness and Debunk Common Myths

Radon is an invisible gas that causes cancer, but when you know the facts, you can protect yourself

2025 Wrap Up: Gov. Evers Highlights 2025 Accomplishments

Gov. Evers, DNR Announce More Than $159 Million to Ensure Clean, Safe Drinking Water for Wisconsinites in 29 Municipalities

EPA Announces $3 Billion in New Funding for States to Reduce Lead in Drinking Water

Additionally, $1.1 Billion of Unused Funding Redistributed for States

Coalition Raises Concerns on I-94 Construction

Despite a pending lawsuit, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced it will start construction on the Milwaukee highway expansion.

DNR Highlights Importance Of State Revolving Fund Programs For Clean, Safe Water In Wisconsin

DNR Awards Loans To Support Redevelopment In City Of Madison

Loans Will Support Activities To Clean Up Contamination

AG Kaul Opposes EPA Proposal to Undermine Climate Science and Roll Back Vehicle Emissions Standards

Alderman Burgelis urges EPA to keep greenhouse gas pollution enforcement

South Shore Beach Rehabilitation Project Completed After More Than a Decade of Study and Planning

DNR Completes Statewide Cleanup Efforts at Former 5r Facilities Associated With 2021 Wisconsin Act 234

Five Locations Across Three Counties Restored For Public Use

Urban Innovations Milwaukee Building Earns Energy Star Certification

Gov. Evers Urges Trump Administration Not to Cut Critical Solar for All Program

Governor warns Trump Administration that cuts to Solar for All will cause energy bills to go up, hurt efforts to improve air quality and create jobs in Wisconsin

Will Trump Continue to Abandon Wisconsin in the Face of Wildfire Smoke and Extreme Heat?

The Trump Administration is gutting essential emergency response and forecasting while Americans face mounting extreme weather events

EPA rollback of pollution protections threatens Wisconsinites’ health, jobs, and cost of living

DNR Seeking Public Input On Great Lakes Beach Listings

PSI Chairman Johnson Requests Transparency from Biden Cabinet Officials Regarding the Former President’s Cognitive Decline

Wisconsin DNR Highlights Air Quality Progress And Ongoing Hurdles During Clean Air Month

Trump EPA Rollbacks Would Allow Wisconsin Coal Plants to Pollute More Than 11 Million Tons of CO2, Sierra Club Tool Shows

Milwaukee Water Works Releases 2024 Water Quality Report

Water Quality Continues to Meet or Exceed State and Federal Standards

AG Kaul Wins Preliminary Injunction Against Trump Administration for Mass Firings of Federal Probationary Employees

Conserve Water, Fix A Leak This Week

AG Kaul Wins Temporary Block on Mass Firings of Federal Probationary Employees and Gets Fired Employees Their Jobs Back

Federal Judge Orders 18 Federal Agencies to Give Employees Their Jobs Back By Monday

This Groundwater Awareness Week, Clean Wisconsin calls on lawmakers to fund more well testing

Gov. Evers Announces New Plans to Combat PFAS, Protect Kids and Families from Harmful Contaminants, and Expand Access to Clean, Safe Drinking Water

Attorney General Kaul Joins Multistate Coalition to Defend Lead and Copper Rule Improvements

EPA Ruling on Air Quality Standards in Southeastern Wisconsin Misguided; Measure Hurts Existing Business, Limits Growth Potential

Coalition of area civic, business leaders formed to lobby against classification change

Attorney General Kaul Joins Amicus Brief Defending Nationwide PFAS Forever Chemical Drinking Water Standards

President Trump Announces Cabinet and Cabinet-Level Appointments

Myron Edwards Selected as Environmental Justice Advisor for Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern

EPA Adds Nine Additional PFAS to the Toxics Release Inventory

EPA Releases Draft Health-Based Recommendations for PFAS Levels in Bodies of Water

Criteria can be used to inform water quality standards to protect people from exposure to PFAS

Crane Company Manitowoc to Pay $42.6M for Clean Air Act Violations for Sale of Noncompliant Diesel Engines in Heavy Duty Cranes

Settlement requires company to retrofit a short-line locomotive engine to improve air quality along 70-mile-long pathway in the Sparrows Point area of Maryland

EPA Report Highlights Water Affordability Challenges in the U.S.

EPA Celebrates 50 Years of Safe and Clean Drinking Water

EPA Launches New Studies and Data Collection Efforts to Better Protect Communities from PFAS

DNR, Partners Awarded $1 Million To Improve Understanding Of Water Quality, Fish Consumption And Related Health Issues In Central Wisconsin

DNR Awards Loan To Support Redevelopment In City Of West Allis

Loan Will Support Activities To Clean Up Contamination

EPA Launches New Initiative to Tackle PFAS, Identify Emerging Contaminants in Water

Gov. Evers, U.S. Sen. Baldwin, DNR Announce More Than $273 Million to Ensure Clean, Safe Drinking Water for Wisconsinites in 86 Municipalities

Funding bolstered by the Biden-Harris Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will help replace lead service lines and address contaminants like PFAS

EPA Strengthens Standards to Protect Children from Exposure to Lead Paint Dust

Baldwin Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Stop Federally Funded School Buses from Being Manufactured in China

Baldwin has long pushed to ensure federal funding benefits American workers and businesses

EPA Issues Test Order for PFAS Used in Manufacturing Under National Testing Strategy

Biden-Harris Administration Issues Final Rule Requiring Replacement of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years, Announces Funding to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes

EPA announces new final regulations and $2.6 Billion under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda for clean drinking water

Gov. Evers, DNR Announce Nearly $460,000 In Grants Awarded To Small Public Water Systems With PFAS And Manganese Contamination

Grants to help ensure access to clean drinking water for schools, day cares, apartment complexes, businesses, and more

Senator Baldwin Brings Home Over $13 Million for Wisconsin Tribes to Cut Energy Costs and Reduce Pollution

Groundwater Coordinating Council Releases 2024 Report To The Legislature

Groundwater Standards, Nitrate And PFAS Remain Key Focuses, Alongside New Recommendation For Water-Stressed Regions

Baldwin Delivers $850,000 to Reduce Lead in Schools and Childcare Facilities Throughout Wisconsin

Baldwin-backed federal funding will help test, remediate, and reduce lead exposure and minimize health impacts

Gov. Evers, Office of Sustainability and Clean Energy Release 2024 Clean Energy Plan Progress Report

Report highlights governor’s and Evers Administration’s continued efforts to bolster clean energy and sustainability while lowering energy costs for working families

Gov. Evers, DNR Announce New Outreach Grant Program for Lead Service Line Replacement

DNR Announces New Grant Program To Help Small Public Water Systems Provide Safer Water

EPA Releases Draft Strategy to Better Protect Endangered Species from Insecticides

Biden-Harris Administration Takes Latest Action Under Toxic Substances Control Act to Protect Public from Exposure to Harmful Chemicals

EPA proposes to begin evaluations on five harmful chemicals, advancing the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to deliver environmental justice, end cancer as we know it

BBB Tip – Cleaning Your Air Ducts

Research Facility All About Cutting-Edge, Cost-Effective Advancements in Wastewater Treatment Technology

Senator Baldwin Brings Home Nearly $23 Million for Wisconsin Schools to Upgrade Buses

Baldwin-backed Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding saves school districts money, cuts dependence on foreign oil, and reduces air pollution for Wisconsin communities

DNR Seeking Public Input On Great Lakes Beach Listings

City of Milwaukee awarded federal funding for brownfield remediation and redevelopment

Baldwin Delivers $8.6 Million to Clean Up Contaminated Properties Across Wisconsin, Spur Economic Revitalization

Funding for five Wisconsin communities comes from Baldwin-backed Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Baldwin Delivers Over $83 Million to Replace Lead Pipes, Expand Access to Safe Drinking Water

Federal investment comes from Baldwin-backed Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Attorney General Kaul Joins Multistate Coalition to Defend U.S. EPA’s Light-Duty Vehicle Emission Standards

New EPA Power Plant Rules Will Save Lives in Wisconsin

New standards will slash carbon, coal ash, mercury, contaminated wastewater and other toxic pollution from power plants.

Gov. Evers Announces Wisconsin Awarded $62 Million Federal Solar for All Grant

Funding to help fund solar systems for low- and moderate-income households

DNR Responds To EPA’s Designation Of PFOA And PFOS As Hazardous Substances

DNR, DHS Respond To EPA’s Announcement Of Maximum Contaminant Levels For PFAS In Drinking Water

Energy Plan Approved, Powered by 100% Renewable Sources

2024 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters Fellows Awarded

Sixteen extraordinary Wisconsinites honored for their contributions to the state

Senator Baldwin Brings Home Nearly $120 Million for Clean Drinking Water in Wisconsin

Funding through Baldwin-backed Infrastructure Law will help communities rebuild water infrastructure, address PFAS, replace lead pipes

Milwaukee Water Works Releases Comment on EPA’s Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements

EPA, HUD, DOE Sign Joint Letter Asking Utility Companies to Make Energy and Water Usage Data Available for Multifamily Properties

Leaders of three federal agencies join forces to seek data that will facilitate green upgrades to the nation’s housing stock

Gov. Evers Again Urges Wisconsin Republicans to Release $125 Million in Already-Approved Funds to Fight PFAS Statewide

More than 200 days since the biennial budget was enacted, Republicans have yet to release $125 million in already-approved funds to address PFAS contamination across the state 

EPA Settlement Addresses Contractor’s Actions on Renovation TV Show Violating the Lead-Based Paint Rule

DHS Encourages Homeowners, Property Owners, and Child Care Centers to Test for Radon

Radon exposure is the second leading cause of lung cancer overall and leading cause of lung cancer for non-smokers

Gov. Evers Urges Legislature to Release $125 Million to Address PFAS, Act to Protect Wisconsin’s Groundwater

With rulemaking on PFAS standards stalled until GOP acts, governor calls for urgent legislative action and the release of $125 million in already-approved funds

New PFAS And Manganese Grant Program For Small Public Water Systems To Open In January 2024

EPA Approves Total Maximum Daily Load Study For Northeast Lakeshore Of Wisconsin

Healthy Climate Wisconsin’s Leaders Applaud the EPA’s New Safeguards to Slash Methane Pollution

Announced at COP28, the EPA’s new methane standards will deliver significant health benefits, especially for frontline communities

Milwaukee Casting Foundry Sentenced for Violating the Clean Water Act

DNR Seeks Public Comment On Updated Water Condition Lists

Results Of Statewide PFAS Sampling In Private Wells Now Available

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Partnership with 10 Wisconsin Communities to Accelerate Lead Service Line Replacement as Part of Investing in America Agenda

New partnership will help communities access funds from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for lead service line removal and replacement

EPA Finalizes Rule to Require Enhanced PFAS Reporting to the Toxics Release Inventory

Wisconsin Jury Convicts Corn Milling Company Officials for Workplace Safety Violations Following Deadly Mill Explosion

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Largest Ever Clean-up under EPA’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to Address Milwaukee Area of Concern

Thanks to President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, new funding agreement between EPA and partners will invest an estimated $450 million to cleanup of nearly two million cubic yards of contaminated sediments

DNR Releases 2023 Air Quality Trends Report

Join Us At The Great Lakes Areas Of Concern Conference In Green Bay Sept. 12-14

Regional Leaders Gather To Advance Great Lakes Restoration

City Of Watertown Receives EPA Region 5 Brownfields Success Award

DNR Releases Annual Drinking Water Report

Department, Partners Tackle Safe Drinking Water Challenges

AG Kaul Submits Comment Letter Regarding EPA’s Proposed Greenhouse Gas Standards for Light- and Medium-Duty Vehicles

July 10, 2023

State Wetland Regulations Remain Intact After SCOTUS Sackett Decision

Baldwin Helps Deliver Nearly $10 Million to Clean Up Legacy Pollution Across Wisconsin, Stimulate Economic Activity

EPA announces Infrastructure Law funding to address brownfields