Environment

The coalition announced its formation on Earth Day, looking to share stories about impacts from climate change in Wisconsin.

During his mostly silent, decades-long journey across the U.S., John Francis stopped in Wisconsin to earn his Ph.D. at UW-Madison. He’s the subject of a documentary that was shortlisted at this year’s Oscars and is screening Tuesday in Madison.

Wisconsin has reached 42 percent of its goal to plant 100 million trees by 2030, Gov. Tony Evers announced on Earth Day.

In an interview with WPR’s Robin Washington on “Morning Edition,” Peter Nordgren talks about his new book, “A Place on Water: A Natural History Memoir of Northwest Wisconsin,” in which he chronicles living among nature.

Pierce County residents and a grassroots group are challenging a permit for a large livestock farm’s plans to nearly quadruple in size.

The Milwaukee School Board is considering taking legal action against paint manufacturers in response to the ongoing lead crisis in the district. 

Wisconsin’s decades-old land purchase program is “on life support,” a Republican supporter told environmental advocates Wednesday.

The price for cocoa — the main ingredient in chocolate — has soared over the past three years. The surge is mainly due to small harvests in West Africa, where the bulk of the world’s cocoa is grown. Climate change has brought extreme heat to the area, which has limited the crop’s production.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to release its draft environmental review in June for a $750 million tunnel to house Enbridge’s Line 5.

Climate, weather and water-related research in Wisconsin and the Great Lakes would take a hit under the Trump administration’s proposal to slash funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.