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Court: Dairy expansion nixed, citing climate change
A Minnesota appeals court has ordered the state's pollution regulators to reconsider their decision to issue a permit for a mega-dairy farm because they failed to consider the effects of greenhouse-gas emissions from expanding its herd.
Read More »North Dakota looks at plastics as the Bakken booms
As pump jacks pull more and more oil out of shale rock buried deep below the western part of North Dakota, an increasing amount of natural gas travels up through the wells with few obvious destinations.
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Read More »Enbridge offers at least $24M to settle tribe’s pipeline suit
Enbridge Energy has offered the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa at least $24 million to settle a lawsuit the tribe filed to shut down and remove the Line 5 pipeline from its reservation in northern Wisconsin.
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Read More »Judge weighs renewed Keystone XL oil-pipeline arguments
A Montana judge must decide whether to once again block the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline or side with U.S. government attorneys who want him to uphold President Donald Trump's permit to cross the U.S.-Canada border.
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Read More »Republicans back F-35s in Madison, despite worries
Republican legislators waded into the debate over whether the Department of Defense should station new F-35 jet fighters in Madison on Tuesday, passing a resolution supporting the idea despite neighbors’ concerns about noise and the project’s possible effects on property values.
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Read More »Wisconsin Senate OKs wetland-credit changes (UPDATE)
The state Senate is poised to approve a bill that would require builders to purchase wetland-mitigation credits within the watershed they're changing.
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Read More »State: $700M Nemadji Trail project wouldn’t have ‘sustainable’ water access
The proposed $700 million Nemadji Trail Energy Center to be built in Superior wouldn't have enough access to the millions of gallons of water it needs to operate, according to an environmental report prepared by state regulators.
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Read More »DNR survey detects PFAS contamination in creeks, rivers
Wisconsin environmental officials say chemicals known as PFAS have contaminated creeks in Dane and Monroe counties as well as parts of the Mississippi, Wisconsin and Menominee rivers.
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Read More »Milwaukee receives $5.9M from HUD to remove lead from homes
Milwaukee is receiving $5.9 million from the federal government to help remove lead from homes.
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