GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The third year of dredging at the polluted Fox River could end as early as next week after a federal judge raised questions about who’s liable for the cleanup. Paper company Appleton and NCR Corp. ...
Sean Ryan [email protected] Forgiving $29,900 in back taxes on a contaminated half-acre in West Allis is the only way Milwaukee County can avoid a $150,000 demolition bill for a building on the land. The building at 1928 S. 62nd St. ...
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Activists say they’re dissatisfied with President Barack Obama’s spending plan for Great Lakes cleanup and will ask Congress for more money. Obama successfully requested $475 million for the Great ...
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge in Green Bay has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to make 20 companies and governmental units share in the massive costs of cleaning up the lower Fox River. U.S. District Judge William ...
By Sean Ryan A state program that puts contractors to work cleaning hazardous waste spills also sends agents after builders that violate the rules. In a case settled this week in Clark County, the state did both on the same ...
Lisa Cornwell AP Writer Cincinnati (AP) — Department of Energy officials confirmed Tuesday they cannot grant a loan guarantee to a company that was developing a uranium enrichment plant project in southern Ohio, saying the project has promise but they ...
John Flesher AP Environmental Writer Traverse City, MI — Federal officials are preparing for a series of public meetings to discuss President Barack Obama’s initiative to restore the Great Lakes, an ecosystem battered by invasive species, toxic pollution and other ...
Shannon Dininny AP Writer Richland, WA (AP) — Workers at the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site are approaching a key turning point in building a massive waste treatment plant, more than two years after the project was halted over seismic ...
John Flesher AP Environmental Writer Traverse City, MI — A budget proposal from the Obama administration would spend $475 million on beach cleanups, wetlands restoration and removal of toxic sediments from river bottoms around the Great Lakes. The spending represents ...