The Wisconsin Public Service Commission won't weigh in on whether a $700 million natural-gas plant proposed for Superior will contribute to climate change despite objections made by various environmental groups.

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Gov. Scott Walker promised to transform the state Department of Natural Resources. And he has, cutting scientists, shrinking its budget and pushing the agency to be more receptive to industry.

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A Dane County judge has ruled the Department of Natural Resources can't retract a previous decision and must continue imposing environmental protections on a large dairy-farm expansion.

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Department of Natural Resources officials say they won't consider high-capacity wells' cumulative effects in permit decisions after Attorney General Brad Schimel said they lack such authority.

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In a water cleanup effort more complex than any other in the nation, virtually every community in the 360-square-mile watershed around Madison has agreed to pool resources with farmers to eliminate nutrient-driven weed and algae growths that limit use of lakes and streams.

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The home-building and real estate industries were lining up Tuesday behind legislation meant to prevent what they deemed sometimes overzealous environmental regulation from standing in the way of development along lakes and other waterways.

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Wisconsin environmental officials can't impose groundwater monitoring requirements as a condition for high-capacity well permits, an Appleton judge has ruled in a decision that could have far-reaching effects on well construction across the state.

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Wisconsin Democrats defended the Obama administration's proposed carbon emission limits Wednesday in the face of mounting Republican opposition, arguing during a legislative hearing that the standards would help curb global warming, alleviate health problems and create jobs.

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Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing Wisconsin pollution regulators of failing to update the state's air quality standards to reflect tighter federal restrictions.

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Wisconsin would join five other states that impose special fees on owners of electric vehicles, in an attempt to help make up for revenue drivers of those fuel-efficient cars aren't paying in gas taxes, under a road-funding proposal put forward by Gov. Scott Walker's administration.

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