Environment
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Ecologies of love: Writer Heather Swan on new book, ‘Where the Grass Still Sings’
Heather Swan’s new book, “Where the Grass Still Sings: Stories of Insects and Interconnection,” is a richly illustrated celebration of the tiny creatures that play such crucial roles in our eco-systems.
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Madison installing air quality sensors to bring ‘hyper-local’ pollution data to neighborhoods
The solar-powered air monitors track particulate matter, a tiny pollutant that’s linked to respiratory and other health hazards.
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Legislation seeks to redesignate Apostle Islands as Wisconsin’s first national park
Wisconsin Republican Congressman Tom Tiffany is introducing a bill that would designate the Apostle Islands as the state’s first national park.
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Regulators urge scaling back solar project due to concerns over prairie-chickens
State regulators are recommending a solar developer scale back its plans for the roughly $2 billion Vista Sands Solar project in Portage County to protect Wisconsin’s greater prairie-chicken population.
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Wisconsin’s biggest electric utility wants to spend nearly $200M to prevent storm outages
Wisconsin’s largest electric utility plans to ramp up its efforts to prevent storm-related outages after seeing an uptick in those events in recent years.
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UW-Madison one step closer to harnessing the power of the sun through fusion research
For the first time, a fusion device at the University of Wisconsin in Madison has generated plasma, inching one step closer toward using nuclear fusion as a source of carbon-free energy.
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Mass die-off of freshwater mussels in Wisconsin leads to discovery of new parasite
Researchers have discovered a new parasite in freshwater mussels after investigating hundreds of mussels that died along the Embarrass River in Shawano County six years ago.
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New study offers clues for treating deadly ‘white nose syndrome’ fungus in bats
New UW-Madison research identifies how fungus infiltrates bats’ skin cells and finds a new way to stop it from spreading.
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Residents urge DNR to deny CAFO expansion in Pierce County
Dozens of people urged state environmental regulators Thursday to deny a large livestock farm’s proposal to expand in Pierce County that would triple the number of cows and manure generated.
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Study at UW-La Crosse explores PFAS impact on survival of fish
As more communities find the chemicals, a UW-La Crosse professor is measuring how PFAS affects fish survival instincts and development.