Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson said Monday he wants to open parts of the nation's shoreline to expand oil and natural gas exploration and production.

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Environmental groups say they may renew a legal battle if the federal government doesn't toughen proposed regulations of ship ballast water that has brought invasive species such as zebra mussels to the Great Lakes.

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The state Assembly has passed two bills that would scale back sections of Wisconsin's air pollution regulations.

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A different kind of F-word is stirring a linguistic and political debate as controversial as what it defines.

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Federal regulators will let operators of the passenger ferry S.S. Badger apply for a permit to continue dumping coal ash into Lake Michigan.

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The United States Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the city of Ashland $400,000 in Brownfields Cleanup Grant money for remediation of hazardous substances at the former Chicago Iron & Supplies Inc., both for its north and south sites.

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The United States Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the city of Ashland $400,000 in Brownfields Cleanup Grant money for remediation of hazardous substances at the former Chicago Iron & Supplies Inc., both for its north and south sites.

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced $25,000 grants to each of four recipients in the Great Lakes region, including a Minnesota tribe and a Wisconsin nonprofit organization.

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Twice in recent summers, visitors to parts of Michigan's western coast were greeted by mounds of garbage strewn along miles of sandy beach: plastic bottles, eating utensils, food wrappers, even hypodermic syringes.

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By DINESH RAMDE Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — A recent mudslide that swept tons of coal ash and debris into and around Lake Michigan will likely have a limited environmental impact and shouldn’t affect human health, the Wisconsin Department of ...

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