The Duluth City Council is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider whether petroleum refineries should be allowed to continue their use of a dangerous and potentially deadly chemical.
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Read More »The Trump administration on Friday targeted an Obama-era regulation credited with helping reduce toxic mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants, saying the benefits to human health and the environment may not be worth the cost of the regulation.
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Read More »An environmental group has filed a federal lawsuit challenging new federal smog regulations in Wisconsin.
Read More »A manufacturer in northeastern Wisconsin has discovered new evidence of groundwater pollution near Lake Michigan involving a chemical that has raised national health concerns.
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A federal grant announced Tuesday will help Milwaukee restore one of the last remaining wetlands in the city, a long-neglected site in the industrial Harbor District.
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Read More »U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Cathy Stepp has recused herself from a Wisconsin compliance review.
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Former Wisconsin regulator Cathy Stepp was named Tuesday as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's regional office in Chicago, drawing praise from business groups and criticism from environmental activists fearful she will weaken enforcement of rules protecting the Great Lakes and air quality in the Upper Midwest's industrial centers.
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Competing in a bass fishing tournament two years ago, Todd Steele cast his rod from his 21-foot motorboat — unaware that he was being poisoned. A thick, green scum coated western Lake Erie. And Steele, a semipro angler, was sickened by it.
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The longtime head of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, who faced criticism that she placed a priority on economic development over protecting the state's environment, is leaving for a job in President Donald Trump's administration.
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Read More »More than two dozen Republican state lawmakers are asking federal lawmakers to loosen Wisconsin's strict water pollution standards.
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