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A Michigan judge on Wednesday allowed Enbridge to resume pumping oil through a Midwestern pipeline, nearly a week after shutting it down because of damage to a structure that anchors a section of the line running through a Great Lakes channel.

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A 70-year-old man died Monday after his minivan went off the road and became submerged in a ditch as a western Wisconsin village grappled with hours of torrential rain that resulted in home evacuations and heavy floodwaters.

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Attorney General Josh Kaul has joined a coalition of state attorneys general calling for President Donald Trump to withdraw an executive order that allows federal agencies to avoid full compliance with environmental laws on infrastructure projects.

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Some residents of a western Wisconsin village hit hard by hours of torrential rain were evacuated from their homes as floodwater lapped at their doors and motorists had to be rescued from the roofs of their partially submerged vehicles.

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The coronavirus pandemic has dimmed Wisconsin's fast-growing green energy industry, costing the state some 11,000 clean energy jobs since the crisis begin in March, according to a report.

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources board has unanimously approved allowing allow the agency to begin drafting regulations for restrictions on firefighting foam containing PFAS chemicals.

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The Michigan attorney general asked a judge on Monday to shut down a pipeline in the Great Lakes after an energy company discovered that an anchor support had shifted deep below the surface.

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Federal regulators have fined Enbridge $6.7 million for allegedly failing to quickly repair their pipelines.

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RENEW, a nonprofit group, announced Tuesday that it is issuing $150,000 worth of grants to help 19 organizations pay for 789 kilowatts worth of solar projects.

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The state Department of Natural Resources board is scheduled to vote next week on whether to allow the agency to begin drafting regulations imposing restrictions on firefighting foam containing PFAS chemicals.

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