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Two Republican lawmakers from northeastern Wisconsin are introducing a bill that would limit the use of fire-fighting foam that contains pollutants.
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Read More »Senate to vote on bill streamlining pollution-credits system
The Wisconsin Senate is scheduled to approve a bill designed to bolster and streamline the state’s pollution credit-trading system.
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Read More »Superior joins $18M cleanup of Howards Bay contamination
The city of Superior has agreed to join a roughly $18.5 million project to remove contaminated sediments from Howards Bay to improve shipping and restore fish and wildlife habitat.
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Read More »Air pollution at 3M plant under scrutiny again
Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources is investigating air pollution at a 3M Corp. factory in Wausau.
Read More »Study examines Wisconsin River pollution
A new study details the sources of unnatural green growths of vegetation and bacteria that stink up long stretches of the upper Wisconsin River.
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Read More »DOJ collects $1.5 million in environmental forfeitures
Wisconsin Department of Justice officials say they've collected about $1.5 million from polluters in 2017.
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Read More »Plan sought to reduce flame retardant toxins in Great Lakes
A U.S.-Canadian agency says both nations should develop a plan for dealing with flame-retardant chemicals that have turned up in the Great Lakes.
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Read More »DNR: Large farms will write own permits
Large livestock operations will be allowed to draw up their own pollution permits under a reorganization plan the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced Wednesday.
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 »Dane County program to hand out $1.4 million for clean-water projects
Dane County is accepting applications from local governments for a program that aims to provide money for projects that would help clean up urban runoff pollution.
Tagged with: phosphorus pollution Urban Water Quality Grant Program
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