The number of environmental inspections conducted by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources declined sharply in Gov. Scott Walker's first year, leading advocates to question whether the agency is paying less attention to environmental regulation under the Republican governor.

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will award $20 million in grants this year for projects to help the Great Lakes.

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Two companies have agreed to pay a $280,000 civil penalty and spend $500,000 on an environmental project to resolve alleged air violations at a Wisconsin plant.

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The Obama administration forged ahead on Tuesday with the first-ever limits on heat-trapping pollution from new power plants, ignoring protests from industry and Republicans who have said the regulation will raise electricity prices and kill off coal, the dominant U.S. energy source.

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The Supreme Court has sided with an Idaho couple in a property rights case, ruling they can go to court to challenge an Environmental Protection Agency order that blocked construction of their new home and threatened fines of more than $30,000 a day.

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Word about what not to apply to your lawn this year is becoming more evident as lawsuits are mounting in the herbicide Imprelis dilemma.

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Word about what not to apply to your lawn this year is becoming more evident as lawsuits are mounting in the herbicide Imprelis dilemma.

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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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