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A Milwaukee Common Council committee gave a favorable recommendation on Tuesday to proposals advancing both Komatsu Mining Corp.'s plans for a waterfront headquarters and a nearby development overseen by Michels Corp.

Tagged with: Bob Bauman Komatsu Mining Corp. Michels Corp. Milwaukee Common Council mining Rocky Marcoux

The Michigan Legislature approved a bill on Tuesday that would allow the replacement of a 65-year-old oil pipeline in a Great Lakes waterway, voting to establish a state authority that would oversee the construction of a tunnel to encase a new segment of pipe.

Tagged with: Enbridge Energy Gretchen Whitmer Michigan Superior

An environmental-law center is suing the state Department of Natural Resources over the agency's refusal to hand over records related to diverting Lake Michigan water for the plant Foxconn Technology Group is building in southeast Wisconsin.

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The Trump administration is moving to withdraw federal protections for countless waterways and wetlands across the country, making good on President Donald Trump's campaign pledge to weaken landmark water rules long resented by some developers, farmers and oil, gas and mining executives.

Tagged with: Associated General Contractors of America Clean Water Act Donald Trump Stephen Sandherr

Several Wisconsin cities and one county are getting new diesel buses thanks to fines that Volkswagen paid for cheating on emissions tests, but environmentalists say officials missed an opportunity to spend money on "greener" electric vehicles.

Growing plants year-round is not easy near the often-frigid, wind-swept Chequamegon Bay of Lake Superior.

Tagged with: Lake Superior Michael Vickerman RENEW Wisconsin solar energy

The town of Arcadia in Trempeleau County could get a $14.6 million flood-prevention grant thanks to a provision tucked into a bill passed during the state Legislature's so-called extraordinary session this week.

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The Michigan Senate voted on Wednesday for a deal to replace a 65-year-old oil pipeline in the Great Lakes, approving legislation to empower a new authority to oversee the construction and operation of a utility tunnel that would encase the new pipeline.

Tagged with: Enbridge Energy Gov. Rick Snyder Michigan pipeline Straits of Mackinac

A utility serving 3.6 million electricity customers in Wisconsin and seven other states said on Tuesday it will try to eliminate all its carbon emissions from electrical generation by 2050.

Tagged with: climate change renewable energy Xcel Energy

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is dropping a proposal to have the Mackinac Bridge Authority oversee the construction and operation of a tunnel to house a replacement oil pipeline in the Great Lakes.

Tagged with: Enbridge Energy Gov. Rick Snyder Straits of Mackinac