Washington (AP) — One of the nation’s largest homebuilders has agreed to pay $1 million and take steps to prevent runoff from its construction sites under a settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency. EPA officials said the agreement will protect ...

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The city of Milwaukee will use $600,000 in federal grants to clean three properties that are slated for future redevelopment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency money is for three contaminated sites owned by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of ...

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By Sean Ryan The Waukesha Common Council on Thursday decided to request state approval to tap Lake Michigan. The decision came after questions over whether the city should spend more time gathering details about the proposal and whether applying for ...

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By KEN THOMAS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is setting tough gas mileage standards for new cars and trucks, spurring the next generation of fuel-sipping gas-electric hybrids, efficient engines and electric cars. The heads of the ...

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Washington (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is tightening drinking water standards to impose stricter limits on four contaminants that can cause cancer. In a speech Monday, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said the agency will issue new rules within ...

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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin residents may soon pay more to flush the toilet but enjoy cleaner lakes, rivers and streams under a plan to more strictly regulate phosphorus pollution in state waterways. The ...

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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Obama administration is preparing to release a 5-year blueprint for fighting invasive species and otherwise improving the Great Lakes environment. Lisa Jackson, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, has scheduled a news conference for ...

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By PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, defending his economic stimulus plan on its first anniversary, is dispatching his Cabinet across the country to try to calm an anxious public as Democrats head into potentially ...

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By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The surest way to keep rampaging Asian carp from gaining a foothold in the Great Lakes is to sever the link between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River basin, ...

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By Sean Ryan The only choice for more than 20,000 residential contractors in Wisconsin is to set aside their concerns over new lead paint requirements and prepare to comply. “You can either grouse about it or say, ‘OK, we better ...

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