The boom in demand for Wisconsin’s sand used for hydraulic fracturing has prompted conflicts and safety concerns along with an increase in rail traffic moving the commodity to other states.
Tagged with: frac frac sand fracking Jeff Plale Union Pacific Wisconsin Industrial Sand Association WisDOT
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A Milwaukee scientist who has found sewage migrating from old pipes through soil and into the storm-water lines that drain to lakes or streams says the problem is likely to elsewhere.
Tagged with: DNR EPA Menomonee River pipes School of Freshwater Sciences
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A four-day hearing on the expansion of a Kewaunee County mega-dairy illustrated deep divisions.
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Mining companies, a Wisconsin county and the University of Wisconsin-River Falls are teaming up on a $232,000, five-year study probing how the vast tracts of Wisconsin used for nonmetallic mining, including for frac sand, can best be reclaimed.
Tagged with: frac sand fracking mining
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In this small city in northwestern Wisconsin, the mayor and two council members are facing recall elections over their handling of a proposed frack sand mine that would be built a half-mile south of a school.
Tagged with: DNR frac frac sand mining League of Wisconsin Municipalities Tom Tiffany Wisconsin Counties Association
Read More »Two Republican state lawmakers are sponsoring a bill to restrict the ability of local communities to regulate Wisconsin’s booming frack sand industry.
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Long Lake has lost its shoreline. Dock after dock dead-ends in the weeds. This small lake in the Central Sands of Wisconsin looks more like an unmowed lawn with a pond in the middle than a place where families used to water ski and fish. The lake used to be as much as 12 feet deep. Now it is closer to 3 feet.
Tagged with: Daniel LeMahieu DNR Lake Michigan
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The state’s Republican-led budget committee might have done no greater favor for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism than voting to evict it from two tiny offices in UW-Madison’s Vilas Hall.
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.
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For more than a year, a 30-foot-tall pile of unwanted sand towered over 3 acres on Claude Riglemon’s property. The price for the sand dropped as this stockpile was ready for sale, so the 120,000 tons of sand just waited.
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