Climate Change
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Regional Climate Centers resume operations after funding loss led to closures
All six U.S. regional climate centers will remain online through a new contract deadline in mid-June.
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Easter chocolate is expensive this season. Here’s why.
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.
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Wisconsin cities developing climate action plans to reach long-term sustainability goals
Local governments are making formal plans to reduce their carbon footprint and protect the environment.
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Is Wisconsin actually a ‘climate haven’ for those fleeing natural disasters?
Where do people move when they’re displaced by climate-fueled natural disasters? A climate journalist joins WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” to explain what people get wrong about “climate havens.”
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Northern Wisconsin venue looks to restructure after years of financial setbacks
Warm winters and rising performance costs are driving Ashwabay Alliance to restructure operations this year.
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Resilience or recklessness? The risks of rebuilding where disaster strikes
Urban planner Brian Stone Jr. is the author of “Radical Adaptation: Transforming Cities for a Climate Changed World.”
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Wisconsin tribes, nonprofits and municipalities awarded $4M to preserve urban forests
The state DNR has distributed $4 million to tribes, municipalities and nonprofit organizations in Wisconsin to improve air quality and urban reforestation efforts.
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Praying mantis sightings spiked this fall in Wisconsin
PJ Liesch, manager of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Insect Diagnostic Lab, told Larry Meiller recently that this is the best year he can recall for praying mantid sightings.
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Wool in the garden? 2 Wisconsin women sell ‘Woollets’ as a sustainable way to treat soil
Karen Mayhew and Elaine Becker joined “The Larry Meiller Show” to talk about the benefits of using wool to enhance soil.
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Climate advocate in southwest Wisconsin remains hopeful
The executive director of Our Climate Alliance in La Crosse says tools already exist that could help reduce the impact of climate change around the world.
