The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said Thursday that the state will provide free bottled water to about 4,300 residents of French Island in La Crosse County due to concerns about groundwater pollution from PFAS "forever chemicals" that have been linked to causing cancer and a wide array of other illnesses.

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A Watertown couple is suing three companies over an industrial cleanup that they allege dusted their property with toxic substances and left contaminated concrete buried within yards of the Rock River.

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Two northeastern Wisconsin lawmakers introduced sweeping legislation Thursday meant to curb water and air pollution from man-made chemicals known as PFAS.

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isconsin lawmakers are looking to ban the use of coal-tar-based asphalt sealants, a material that’s often employed in pavement projects but is also blamed linked to cancer and pollution. Recently introduced legislation, Senate Bill 716 and Assembly Bill 797, calls for a statewide ban on the use and sale of coal-tar-based sealants and other materials containing high levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs. PAHs are known to cause health troubles and environmental damage.

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Plans for the construction of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline inched forward last week with several approvals at both the federal and state levels, but opponents in South Dakota say they haven't given up on preventing, or at least slowing, the pipeline's construction.

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A bipartisan water pollution task force proposed more than a dozen bills Wednesday designed to curb contamination across Wisconsin, capping a year's worth of research and discussion.

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More than 25 years after contamination was found in a lakefront site in the city of Ashland, construction crews have completed the last stage of needed cleanup work.

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A wide-ranging cleanup of the Great Lakes would receive a funding boost under a spending bill moving toward enactment in Congress.

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Contractors, no matter what sub-industry they are in, are faced with environmental nearly risks every day. For most contractors, a single pollution incident or loss can cause serious damage to their reputations, operations and even balance sheets. Making matters worse, ...

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources board granted the agency permission Tuesday to start drawing up contentious manure and fertilizer restrictions for areas prone to groundwater pollution.

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