Plans for the construction of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline inched forward last week with several approvals at both the federal and state levels, but opponents in South Dakota say they haven't given up on preventing, or at least slowing, the pipeline's construction.

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Ronald Collision will pay $2,000 for violations regarding the maintenance of underground gasoline and dry cleaning storage tanks, according to a news release from Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen's office.

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A central Iowa wind turbine blade manufacturer again was serving as a backdrop for President Barack Obama, this time for a speech Thursday in which he was expected to argue for Congress to renew wind energy tax credits.

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Republicans in the state Senate won't force state regulators to develop new siting rules for wind farms.

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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Republican legislators are using their new majorities to rush through aggressive reversals of environmental safeguards their predecessors championed as a continuation of the state’s outdoors heritage. ...

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Saying the owner of a sunken barge in Milwaukee was a “textbook example of a litigant playing fast and loose with the judicial system,” an appellate court judge Tuesday upheld more than $37,000 in environmental penalties. The case stems from ...

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A green buildings bill recently vetoed by Gov. Jim Doyle is the latest example of well-intended environmental efforts getting ahead of themselves. Doyle’s veto killed Senate Bill 616, which would have directed all funds available under the authorized state building ...

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By Sean Ryan Environmental protection and traffic flow could emerge as conflicting priorities with a wetland in the way of a Waukesha bypass. The state and Waukesha County are in the early stages of planning a bypass that would link ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The developers of a sweeping renewable energy bill say the measure positions Wisconsin well if the federal government restricts coal use. Roy Thilly was co-chairman of Gov. Jim Doyle’s Global Warming Task Force, which developed recommendations ...

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By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer COPENHAGEN (AP) — As police cracked down on climate protesters, church bells tolled 350 times Sunday to impress on the U.N. global warming conference a number that is gaining a following, but is also ...

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