After more than two years, the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board plans to take up proposed standards to regulate harmful "forever chemicals" known as PFAS in drinking water, surface water and groundwater later this month.
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Read More »Many of the nearly 300 people who attended a 10-hour-long virtual public hearing on Enbridge Energe's Line 5 pipeline project spoke against the company's $450 million plan to reroute the oil and gas line across northern Wisconsin.
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Read More »The state Department of Natural Resources policy board selected an archery shop owner Wednesday as its new leader.
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Read More »A member of the Department of Natural Resources policy board suggested Wednesday that the agency's new wolf management plan shouldn't include a specific population goal and instead lay out metrics indicating whether the population should be reduced or allowed to grow.
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Read More »The Department of Natural Resources can continue to test wastewater for PFAS but can't take legal action against polluters until state lawmakers set water quality standards for the compounds, a Jefferson County judge ruled.
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Read More »Enbridge Energy said it has stopped the flow of spilled artesian groundwater that began a year ago when workers installing the Line 3 oil pipeline in northwestern Minnesota punctured an aquifer.
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Read More »The state Department of Natural Resources policy board is set to vote later this month on permanent rules implementing a law that restricts the use of firefighting foam that contains PFAS chemicals.
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Read More »Environmental regulators are set to allow a factory dairy farm accused of contaminating Kewaunee County drinking water to expand, angering conservationists.
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Read More »A state appeals court on Thursday refused to reinstate a permit for a proposed $75 million frac-sand operation in western Wisconsin, a victory for environmentalists who have been fighting for years to protect the 16 acres of pristine wetlands.
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Read More »A group of Wisconsin water utilities are urging the state Department of Natural Resources to scrap plans to impose limits on PFAS chemicals in drinking water, saying the agency hasn't thought through the costs.
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