Published: May 17, 2013
Tags: fracking, jobs
Frac sand mining’s impact on job creation in Wisconsin’s sandy areas will be minimal, and communities must account for its potential economic drawbacks, according to a new report.
Published: May 17, 2013
Tags: abatement, Beloit, circuit, citation, electrical, fall protection, framing, Gemini Electric LLC, Greendale, installation, ladder, Milwaukee, osha, S&B Valdovinos Construction, safety, Sanders Construction Inc., settlement, training
The Daily Reporter’s weekly digest of companies that have been cited for OSHA violations during work around the state.
Published: May 17, 2013
Tags: DNR, Gogebic Taconite, iron ore, mining, stormwater
A mining company has reduced the number of test holes it plans to make for a proposed iron ore mine near Lake Superior.
Published: May 16, 2013
Tags: Daniel LeMahieu, DNR, EPA, erosion, erosion control, phosphorous, runoff, storm water
Dane County is in danger of losing authority that for almost 11 years has let it tailor its erosion-control standards to protect resources such as lakes Mendota and Monona and trout streams.
Published: May 15, 2013
Tags: Army Corps of Engineers, flood, levee, Water Resources Development Act
The Senate on Wednesday put aside its partisan differences to extend the federal government’s main water resources law, which promotes investment in port improvements, flood protection, dam and levee projects and environmental restoration.
Published: May 14, 2013
Tags: Great Lakes, phosphorus
A decades-old effort to nurse the battered Great Lakes to health has made progress toward reducing toxic pollution and slamming the door on invasive species, but the freshwater seas continue to face serious threats, a U.S.-Canadian agency said Tuesday.
Published: May 14, 2013
Tags: AIA, American Institute of Architects, Clock Shadow Building, Continuum Architects and Planners, FIX Development
Milwaukee’s Clock Shadow Building is one of the American Institute of Architects’ Top Ten Green Projects for 2013.
Published: May 13, 2013
Tags: Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance, Michels Corp., TransCanada
TransCanada has filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction and restraining order that keeps protesters from disrupting its pipeline construction sites in Oklahoma.
Published: May 13, 2013
Tags: DNR, endangered species, Natural Resources Board
The state Department of Natural Resources board is poised to make some changes to Wisconsin’s endangered species list, and it could help the construction industry.
Published: May 13, 2013
Tags: Gogebic Taconite, iron ore, mining, Natural Resources Board
The state Natural Resources Board is scheduled to vote next week on a scope statement for rules implementing Republican changes to Wisconsin’s mining regulations.
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