A mining company has gotten conditional approval to begin exploratory drilling for copper and gold in northern Wisconsin, but state regulators say it must still meet additional requirements before the work can begin.

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Is gas drilling ruining the air, polluting water and making people sick? The evidence is sketchy and inconclusive, but a lack of serious money is delaying efforts to resolve those pressing questions and creating a vacuum that could lead to a crush of lawsuits, some experts say.

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A new study being done by the Department of Energy might provide some of the first solid answers to an extremely controversial question: Can gas drilling fluids migrate and pose a threat to drinking water?

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EASTON, Wis. (AP) — A drilling company is evaluating three possible gold mining sites in central and northern Wisconsin. It is too early to say whether Aquila Resources, which is incorporated in Canada with U.S. offices in Menominee, Mich., will ...

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WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — A Canadian mining company hopes to strike it rich in Marathon County of central Wisconsin. The Wausau Daily Herald reported Sunday an ancient gold deposit in the town of Easton might hold as much as $168 ...

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OSHA reports • Burg’s Rainguard Services LLC, Kiel, must pay two scaffolding citations, totaling $600, because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations June 30 during a siding job in Kiel. • Vilchis ...

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Julie Carr Smyth AP Writer Columbus, Ohio — State parks aren’t just for hiking, camping and other recreation anymore. Increasingly, these lands are being used for oil and gas drilling as budget-strapped states seek new sources of revenue. As they ...

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