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An environmental law firm has asked federal regulators to reject air permits the state Department of Natural Resources has granted for sand mines in western Wisconsin.
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View from around the state: Whether DNR or EPA, keep the state’s water clean
Is there a problem in Wisconsin with lax enforcement of the federal Clean Water Act? Federal regulators spent some time in Madison to find out.
Read More »Milwaukee County receives EPA grant for beach improvement
Milwaukee County is receiving $350,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help pay for improvements at South Shore Park.
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Read More »Michigan Tech to be home to regional EPA finance center
Michigan Technological University will be home to a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regional environmental finance center.
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Read More »EPA finalizing plans to supply water in Kewaunee County
The Environmental Protection Agency says it's finalizing a plan to supply water to some residents of Kewaunee County of northeastern Wisconsin, where manure from large dairy farms is being blamed for contaminated wells.
Read More »EPA watchdog says government fails to study ethanol’s impact
The Obama administration has failed to study as legally required the impact of requiring ethanol in gasoline and ensuring that new regulations intended to address one problem do not actually make other problems worse, the Environmental Protection Agency inspector general said Thursday.
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Read More »Enbridge reaches $176M agreement for 2010 oil spill
Enbridge Energy Partners has reached a $176 million settlement for the costliest inland oil spill in U.S. history — a pipeline rupture in southwestern Michigan that polluted a nearly 40-mile stretch of the Kalamazoo River, federal officials said Wednesday.
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Read More »Environmentalists challenge DNR sand mine pollution findings
A new Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources draft report wrongly concludes that sand mining operations don't produce fine dust particles and shouldn't impact human health, an environmental advocacy group contends.
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Read More »Milwaukee to consider financing 3 new Riverwalk segments
Milwaukee redevelopment officials plan this week to consider extending the city’s Riverwalk with three new segments.
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Read More »Yahara pact aims to keep farm pollution out of lakes
In a water cleanup effort more complex than any other in the nation, virtually every community in the 360-square-mile watershed around Madison has agreed to pool resources with farmers to eliminate nutrient-driven weed and algae growths that limit use of lakes and streams.
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