The Department of Justice says national homebuilder Toll Brothers Inc. has agreed to a fine and changes in managing stormwater runoff at home sites.
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Read More »The Department of Justice says national homebuilder Toll Brothers Inc. has agreed to a fine and changes in managing stormwater runoff at home sites.
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Read More »The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will award $20 million in grants this year for projects to help the Great Lakes.
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Read More »A U.S.-Canadian advisory panel wound up a five-year study Wednesday with a recommendation against large-scale engineering projects to prevent swings in Great Lakes water levels, saying people across the region should adapt to nature's ups and downs.
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Read More »Brian Ramler longs for the days when his marina on Lake Huron's Georgian Bay could handle 50 boats -- before water levels began dropping steadily more than a decade ago. He can accommodate fewer than half as many now and wants the government to help bring the water back.
Read More »Bacteria, runoff pollution and bird waste have clotted Bay View's South Shore Beach, leaving room only for the most adventurous swimmers.
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Read More »President Barack Obama is requesting $300 million to continue funding a wide-ranging Great Lakes environmental cleanup program in the 2013 fiscal year.
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Read More »UW-Eau Claire geology majors Tim Molitor and Katy Grant dipped a plastic bottle attached to a long plastic handle into Little Niagara Creek, where it flowed behind Phillips Science Hall, and removed a water sample.
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Read More »Joel Garcia of Badger Railing Inc., Milwaukee, secures a decorative railing around a bio filtration box along Capitol Drive in Shorewood on Monday.
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Read More »So-called green roofs have been hailed as one of the most effective tools to reduce the negative environmental effects of conventional buildings.
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