Environmental Protection Agency

Baldwin Helps Secure $30 Million for Great Lakes Projects in Underserved Communities

Investment from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will fund implementation of environmental protection and restoration projects

AG Kaul Joins Coalition Sounding Alarm Over Pervasive Plastic Microfiber Pollution, Calls on EPA to Protect Public Health

May 8, 2023

The DNR Celebrates Air Quality Improvements, Accomplishments During Clean Air Month

Biden Administration Heeds Baldwin’s Calls to Sell E15 Fuel and Support Wisconsin Agriculture

E15 and biofuels reduce the price at the pump and support Wisconsin’s farmers, producers, and rural communities

MATC and Community Partners Expanding Technical Training Program to Grow Diverse Talent Pipeline

New training site in Metcalfe Park area provides high-paying career opportunities for electrical and line mechanic trades

Attorney General Kaul Joins Coalition Calling on EPA to Ensure That Grant Funding Under the Inflation Reduction Act Furthers Environmental Justice

April 14, 2023

Senator Baldwin Helps Deliver $139 Million for Clean Drinking Water Infrastructure Upgrades in Wisconsin

Federal investment from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to expand access to clean and safe drinking water includes Baldwin led Buy America standards

Proposed federal PFAS limits signal growing concern over health risks of “forever chemicals”

Federal PFAS limits are far lower, more expansive than current Wisconsin standards

Baldwin, Capito, Peters, Moran Push for Transition to PFAS-Free Firefighting Foam at Airports

In bipartisan letter, Senators urge FAA to release a transition plan to safe alternatives, minimize PFAS exposure for surrounding communities

Clean Wisconsin Calls for Tougher Limits on Deadly Soot Pollution

Stronger limits could prevent nearly 150 premature deaths in Wisconsin every year.

Senator Baldwin Helps Deliver Over $62 Million for Clean Drinking Water in Wisconsin

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding will be used by communities across the state to address PFAS, replace lead laterals

Defendant Sentenced In Wisconsin Electronics Recycling Federal Fraud Case

Gov. Evers Announces Passing of Former Wisconsin Gov. Tony Earl

Governor orders US, Wisconsin flags to fly at half-staff as state mourns loss

Senator Baldwin Brings Home Over $25 Million to Address PFAS in Wisconsin Drinking Water

Senator Baldwin Supports New Initiative to Accelerate Lead Pipe Removal in Wisconsin

Wisconsin communities will receive support to access fair share of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds for lead pipe removal

Historic Cleanup And Completion Of Lower Fox River PCB Cleanup Project

Clean Wisconsin calls on EPA to protect Wisconsinites from dangerous leaded aviation fuel

Small, recreational aircraft are the largest source of lead air pollution in Wisconsin. People living near airports that serve small planes are most at risk for exposure.

DHS Urges Wisconsinites to Test Their Homes for Radon

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

DNR Now Accepting Brownfield Assessment Grant Applications

2022 Roundup: Gov. Evers Highlights 2022 Accomplishments

2022 Roundup: Gov. Evers Completes 2022 72-County Tour of Wisconsin

Pocan’s 15 Earmarks To Be Signed by POTUS

Natural Resources Board Moves Forward with Groundwater Standards to Protect Wisconsin Communities from PFAS Contamination

Senator Baldwin Applauds EPA Taking Next Step to Strengthen Renewable Fuel Standard

AG Kaul Calls on U.S. Senate to Pass legislation to Protect the Public from Highly Toxic ‘Forever’ Chemicals

Coalition Urges Senate Leadership to Adopt Strong Public Health Protections Against PFAS in This Year’s National Defense Authorization Act

DNR Announces Funding For Projects To Reduce Diesel Engine Emissions

Wisconsin DOJ Announces $1.65 Million Agreement with Container Life Cycle Management LLC Resolving Air and Hazardous Waste Violations

October 18, 2022

Gov. Evers Celebrates Highest State Surplus, Rainy Day Fund Balance in State History, Renews Call to Use Historic Surplus to Cut Taxes, Address Rising Costs for Wisconsin Families

2022 Sustainability And Business Support Report Released

Report Highlights Resilience Of Wisconsin Businesses And Communities

DNR To Host Brownfields Panel Discussions On Sept. 15

Panelists will highlight new community revitalization opportunities available through a historic influx of federal infrastructure brownfields funding.

DNR Awards Brownfields Grant To Village Of Campbellsport

Funds Will Support Contamination Assessment; Promotes Future Development

Wisconsin PFAS Action Council Releases PFAS Action Plan Progress Report

Gov. Evers Announces Wisconsin PFAS Action Council 2022 PFAS Action Plan Progress Report

Wisconsin Communities Act to Prevent Lead Poisoning

DHS experts to tour properties that are part of the Lead-Safe Homes Program and child care centers testing for lead in drinking water

EPA Awards Children’s Health Protection Grant to Milwaukee Public Schools

DNR Releases Annual Drinking Water Report

Agency, Partners Tackle Safe Drinking Water Challenges

Sen. Larson reacts to SCOTUS ruling on EPA’s power to fight climate change

U.S. Supreme Court Limits EPA Ability to Fight Climate Crisis

Court decision restricts future EPA regulation of power plant carbon emissions under the Clean Air Act

Gov. Evers Signs Order Prohibiting Gas and Diesel Price Gouging, Urges Federal Government to Act Amid Nationwide Inflation

DNR Seeking Public Input On Great Lakes Beach Listings

Grain Milling Company Charged with OSHA Crimes for Causing Worker Deaths

Company and Employees Charged with Conspiracy to Conceal Violations; Two Employees Plead Guilty to Related Charges

DNR Awarded $2 Million To Assess Brownfields

Advocates urge EPA to deliver clean trucks for Wisconsin

EPA’s proposed clean trucks rule must go further for health, climate

May Is Clean Air Month

DNR Celebrates Air Quality Improvements, Accomplishments And Public Outreach

DNR Makes It Easier For Public To Weigh In On Air Quality Issues

Gov. Evers Celebrates Earth Day, Signs Executive Order Creating the Office of Environmental Justice

Office will facilitate statewide collaboration to provide strategies to promote environmentally just policies and prevent disparate outcomes

AG Kaul Applauds EPA for Plan to Reaffirm Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

Comments Support EPA’s Plan to Reverse the Trump Administration’s Illegal Finding Against Regulating Toxic Air Pollution from Power Plants

AG Kaul Calls on EPA to Strengthen Protections Against Childhood Lead Poisoning

March 17, 2022

AG Kaul announces environmental judgment requiring Wisconsin Veneer and Plywood, Inc. pay a $75,000 penalty

March 7, 2022

Senator Baldwin Works to Deliver $1 Billion Investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Cleanup and Restore Great Lakes

The investment will accelerate cleaning Areas of Concern in Wisconsin near the St. Louis River, Fox River, Milwaukee Estuary, and Sheboygan

Gov. Evers Announces Funding Available for Municipalities to Voluntarily Test for PFAS in Drinking Water Supplies

Southeastern Wisconsin Organization receives EPA Grant to Train Environmental Workers for Jobs Created by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding

Great Lakes Community Conservation Corp, Inc. to receive Brownfields Job Training Grants to boost workforce training in underserved communities

Baldwin Joins Bipartisan Group of Senate Colleagues in Letter Urging Biden Administration to Prioritize Renewable Fuel Standard

Bipartisan letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues Baldwin’s advocacy for a stronger Renewable Fuel Standard

WisDems Welcome VP Harris, EPA Administrator Regan to Celebrate Clean Water Efforts

Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler released the following statement ahead of the Vice President’s visit

EPA Recognizes Air Quality In Rhinelander; Entire State Now Meets Latest Sulfur Dioxide Air Quality Standard

Governor Evers and DHS Urge Wisconsinites to Test Their Homes for Radon

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

Gov. Evers Celebrates More Than $800 Million Investment Wisconsin to Receive for Water Infrastructure

Wisconsin to receive $142 million in 2022 to invest in ensuring safe drinking water

DNR Seeks Public Comment On Updated Water Condition Lists

DNR Announces $320,000 In Funding To Reduce Diesel Engine Emissions

Wisconsin DNR Joins Stoughton Utilities For National Imagine A Day Without Water To Celebrate The Removal Of The Last Lead Service Line In The City Of Stoughton

Wisconsin Air Quality Report Shows Improvement

DSPS Secretary Dawn Crim Assembles Mass Timber Task Force, Looks to Distinguish the Wisconsin Commercial Building Code

The task force will meet virtually and is expected to generate a set of mass timber guidelines by year end.

DNR Seeking Public Comment On Updated Water Condition Lists

DNR And EPA To Host Air Permit Public Engagement Webinar

Learn How To Participate In The Air Permit Process

UWM hosts 10th annual Westlawn bicycle event in June and July

DNR Announces $385,000 In Funding To Reduce Diesel Engine Emissions

DNR Awards Brownfields Grant To Village Of Clinton

EPA makes $100,000 grant to Neighborhood House of Milwaukee

DNR Offers New Resources For Public Interested In Air Quality Monitoring

DNR Awards Brownfields Grant To City Of Neenah

Funds Will Be Used For South Side Redevelopment

DNR To Restore Wetlands In Mount Pleasant

DNR Grant Will Provide 100% of Restoration Funding

New Study Shows Air Quality Improving In The Dairy State

DNR Awards Brownfields Grant Valued Up To $35,000 To Grant County

DNR Awards Brownfields Grant Valued Up To $35,000 To City Of Stoughton Redevelopment Authority

DNR To Fund Sampling Of Hundreds Of Potable Wells For PFAS In The Town Of Peshtigo

DNR Notified Of Possible Separate Contamination Issue At Marinette Facility That Has Paused PFAS Treatment

DNR Publishes Annual Report Card On Efforts To Protect Wisconsin’s Drinking Water Supplies

Lower Menominee River Area Of Concern Delisted

Significant Milestone Achieved To Clean Up Historical Pollution In The Great Lakes

Historic Cleanup Of Lower Fox River Completed After 17 Years

Millions Of Yards of Contamination Cleaned From Riverbed

Enhancing Ozone Monitoring Across Wisconsin

Elevated PFAS Levels Found In Ditch Downstream Of JCI/Tyco

DPW Statement on Visit from EPA Secretary Andrew Wheeler

AG Kaul Sues EPA Over Rule Undermining Mercury, Air Toxics Standards

Joins Multistate Lawsuit Challenging EPA’s Illegal Finding That It is No Longer “Appropriate” to Regulate Toxic Air Pollution from Power Plants

EPA Approves Site-Specific Phosphorus Criteria For Multiple Wisconsin Lakes

UWM Freshwater Sciences dean Val Klump named to Great Lakes Advisory Board

EPA Adopts WILL Recommendation, Majority of Sheboygan County Attains National Air Quality Standards

EPA limits non-attainment zone in the county

EPA Administrator Wheeler awards first-ever Trash Free Waters grant for the Great Lakes in Milwaukee

Agency selects Harbor District, Inc. to receive grant to keep trash out of Lake Michigan

DNR Directs JCI/Tyco To Provide Emergency Drinking Water for Three Homeowners On Private Wells Near JCI/Tyco Biosolid Applied Fields Investigation Area After Sampling Results Show High Levels of PFAS Contamination

DNR To Host Online Listening Session April 15

Baldwin Calling on EPA to Deliver on Promises Made in PFAS Action Plan

One Year after EPA Pledged to Act on PFAS Exposure, Key Parts of the Strategy Not Yet Implemented

AG Kaul Joins Comment Letter Asking EPA to Improve Its Proposed Revised Standards for Lead in Drinking Water

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Helps Introduce Legislation to Achieve Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Wisconsin PFAS Action Council (WisPAC) Developing PFAS Action Plan For State

Public Input Opportunities Available

AG Kaul Joins Lawsuit Against the Trump Administration for Gutting Safety Protections for Chemical Accidents

DNR, EPA Sign Agreement to Proceed on Milwaukee Estuary Cleanup to Eliminate 32-Year-Old Area of Concern Designation

Great Lakes Legacy Act Agreement Accelerates Contaminated Sediment Cleanup in Milwaukee

Wisconsin Natural Resources Board Approves DNR Effort to Create New PFAS Standards

PFAS Permanent Rulemaking Process Moves Forward

DNR Providing Emergency Drinking Water to Homeowner with PFAS Contamination Near JCI Investigation Area

DNR Confirms PFAS-Containing Foam Found at the Mouth of Starkweather Creek and Lake Monona

Attorney General Kaul Joins Lawsuit against EPA for Attacking Advanced Clean Car Standards

“Today’s filing is part of the multi-state effort to protect the ability of states to keep leading the fight against climate change.”

Wisconsin Natural Resources Board Taking More Steps to Protect Drinking Water

PFAS Rulemaking Process Moves Forward

Surface Water Sampling Reveals PFAS At Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport

As a result, DNR is asking airport and military officials to take steps to prevent future discharges of PFAS from the outfalls.