Enbridge Energy's plans to route its Line 5 pipeline around the Bad River Reservation in northern Wisconsin drew broad criticism on Wednesday from dozens at a public hearing on the project.

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources board has unanimously approved allowing allow the agency to begin drafting regulations for restrictions on firefighting foam containing PFAS chemicals.

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The state Department of Natural Resources board is scheduled to vote next week on whether to allow the agency to begin drafting regulations imposing restrictions on firefighting foam containing PFAS chemicals.

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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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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the National Weather Service issued a red-flag warning Sunday for 12 counties in central Wisconsin as the danger of wildfires remained high.

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Fire crews have contained a wildfire that burned more than 200 acres in central Wisconsin.

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Gov. Tony Evers introduced a multimillion dollar series of bills Tuesday designed to control spring flooding, hoping to convince Republicans to reconvene the state Assembly to pass his proposals.

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The Wisconsin Senate voted Wednesday to confirm Gov. Tony Evers' pick to lead the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, 14 months into the job he began last year.

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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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State, local and federal officials announced an agreement on Tuesday to hasten the clean-up of industrial pollution that's plagued Milwaukee's waterways for decades.

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