A pair of Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions on Thursday promises to broaden the powers of state agencies by finding that regulators can both impose operating conditions on factory farms and take the likely environmental effects of high-capacity wells into account in their decision-making.
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Read More »High-capacity wells are draining two lakes in Wisconsin's central sands region, according to a study state environmental officials released Tuesday.
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Read More »Attorney General Josh Kaul has restored the state Department of Natural Resources' power to consider, when granting permits, whether high-capacity wells might drain area water bodies.
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Read More »Republicans who control the Legislature's finance committee are poised to consider whether to release more money to continue a study on high-capacity wells' effect on central Wisconsin groundwater.
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Read More »Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul has changed the state Department of Justice stance to support an environmental advocacy group in lawsuits dealing with dairy farm expansion and high-capacity wells.
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Read More »Republican legislators want to join two lawsuits before the state Supreme Court that will decide the extent of environmental regulators’ powers.
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Read More »he state Department of Natural Resources has approved three permits for high-capacity wells near delicate trout streams even though a judge had already invalidated previous permits.
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Read More »A Dane County judge has tossed out eight high-capacity well permits the state had granted to businesses, citing the constitutionally guaranteed protections of Wisconsin waterways.
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