Published: March 15, 2010
Tags: algae, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, fish, Madison Metropolitan Sewage District, Municipal Environmental Group Wastewater Division, Natural Resources Board, phosphorus, Sierra Club, Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
By TODD RICHMOND
Associated Press Writer
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin residents may soon pay more to flush the toilet but enjoy cleaner lakes, rivers and streams under a plan to more strictly regulate phosphorus pollution in state waterways.
The state Natural Resources Board is set Tuesday to approve public hearings on tougher limits on the pollution, which [...]
Published: March 4, 2010
Tags: All About Windows & Siding, enforcement, EPA, inspector, Kuehl, lead, lead paint, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, osha, remediation, rules, Shelley Bruce, Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Comments: 1
By Sean Ryan
A contractor who intends to comply with new lead paint standards worries the state lacks the manpower to enforce the rules.
If Robert Kuehl, president of All About Windows & Siding Inc., West Allis, follows the rules and his competitors don’t, he said, he could lose work because compliance costs money. If he has [...]
Published: March 3, 2010
Tags: EPA, Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co., Marquette County, Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment, National Wildlife Federation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Upper Peninsula
By John Flesher
AP Environmental Writer
Traverse City, Mich. — A company preparing to build a nickel and copper mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula wants to change its wastewater treatment system in a way that could negate the requirement for a federal permit, officials said.
Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co. has asked the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and [...]
Published: February 21, 2010
Tags: Council of Great Lakes Governor, Doyle, EPA, Great Lakes, Great Lakes Coalition, Obama, wetlands
Comments: 1
By JOHN FLESHER
AP Environmental Writer
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Obama administration has developed a five-year blueprint for rescuing the Great Lakes, a sprawling ecosystem plagued by toxic contamination, shrinking wildlife habitat and invasive species.
The plan envisions spending more than $2.2 billion for long-awaited repairs after a century of damage to the lakes, which hold [...]
Published: February 20, 2010
Tags: Asian carp, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Great Lakes, Obama
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Obama administration is preparing to release a 5-year blueprint for fighting invasive species and otherwise improving the Great Lakes environment.
Lisa Jackson, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, has scheduled a news conference for Sunday morning in Washington to announce the plan.
President Barack Obama has pledged to spend $5 billion [...]
Published: February 16, 2010
Tags: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, jobs, Obama, Recovery Act, stimulus
By PHILIP ELLIOTT
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, defending his economic stimulus plan on its first anniversary, is dispatching his Cabinet across the country to try to calm an anxious public as Democrats head into potentially devastating midterm elections.
A weeklong push to highlight the stimulus program’s first year was starting with a Tuesday [...]
Published: February 15, 2010
Tags: Asian carp, Doyle, emissions, EPA, Soletski
Comments: 1
The Legislature needs to remove a provision of the Clean Energy Jobs Bill that lets California set Wisconsin vehicle emissions standards.
Adopting a recommendation from Gov. Jim Doyle’s global warming task force, Assembly Bill 649 would require the state to generate vehicle emissions regulations that are “identical” to those in the California Code of Regulations.
“Why would [...]
Published: February 11, 2010
Tags: Asian carp, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Great Lakes, Mississippi River basin, Natural Resources Defense Council
By JOHN FLESHER
AP Environmental Writer
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The surest way to keep rampaging Asian carp from gaining a foothold in the Great Lakes is to sever the link between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River basin, created by engineers in Chicago more than a century ago.
That would thrill environmentalists and those who make [...]
Published: February 10, 2010
Tags: Ausavich, Carl Krueger Construction, certification, Duffey, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, High-Efficiency Particulate Air, High-Efficiency Particulate Air vacuum, lead paint, Milwaukee Lead/Asbestos Information Center, remediation, Renovations Ltd., Shelley Bruce, Tony Rink, training, Wisconsin Department of Health Services
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By Sean Ryan
The only choice for more than 20,000 residential contractors in Wisconsin is to set aside their concerns over new lead paint requirements and prepare to comply.
“You can either grouse about it or say, ‘OK, we better be prepared and prepared to do it right,’” said Tony Rink, vice president and general manager of [...]
Published: February 1, 2010
Tags: Asian carp, EPA, Great Lakes, Obama
Comments: 1
By JOHN FLESHER
AP Environmental Writer
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A Great Lakes fix-up plan designed to ward off species invasions, cleanse polluted harbors and make other environmental repairs would get $300 million under the budget President Barack Obama released Monday.
The amount is down from the $475 million Congress appropriated for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative [...]
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