A task force established by the Environmental Protection Agency to curtail farmland pollution that flows into the Mississippi River said Wednesday it has reached an agreement to work with 12 universities, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison, on the problem.

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A Milwaukee scientist who has found sewage migrating from old pipes through soil and into the storm-water lines that drain to lakes or streams says the problem is likely to elsewhere.

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When the SS Badger sets sail May 16, the venerable and historic car ferry will sport new combustion controls that will enable it to burn coal more efficiently. That should result in less coal being burned and less ash being produced by the Badger.

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday handed the Obama administration an important victory in its effort to reduce in 27 Midwestern and Appalachian states the power plant pollution that blows downwind and leads to unhealthy air.

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Controversies over the fracking process may be inevitable, a former administrator with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency acknowledged recently, but Wisconsin can protect its place as the leading supplier of sand for the nation's fracking boom as long as the state has strong regulations, maintains maximum transparency and responds quickly to neighbors' concerns.

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Wisconsin Public Service Corp. says it will shut down its two oldest electricity-generating units.

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Milwaukee a $1 million Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant to improve Lake Michigan water quality.

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A 284,000-square-foot Minnesota building is the first in state to earn a recertification of the existing-building designation from the Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Green Building Council.

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Green Bay a $500,000 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Shoreline Cities Green Infrastructure grant.

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will award Green Bay a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Shoreline Cities grant.

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