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Groups say state lawmakers are undermining efforts to protect public from PFAS firefighting foam

November 5, 2021 - 6:10am

Environmental groups argue a permanent rule that would enforce a law banning the use of PFAS firefighting foam is just a watered down version of an emergency rule weakened by Republican lawmakers last year.

Wisconsin's largest utility company plans to drop coal by 2035

November 4, 2021 - 7:10am

Wisconsin’s largest utility company plans to drop coal from its power mix by 2035, moving the state closer to carbon reduction goals.

As leaders convene at UN climate summit, Wisconsin scientists, activists seek action to limit warming

November 3, 2021 - 7:15am

The heat is rising on world leaders to tackle climate change as they've been meeting in Scotland this week for the United Nations climate change conference, and Wisconsin scientists and climate activists say global leadership is vital to stave off the worst effects of global warming.

Lilacs in bloom: Abnormal weather is impacting Wisconsin plants, animals

November 1, 2021 - 5:00am

Wisconsin’s unseasonably warm fall has had an impact on animal and plant life, including University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum's lilacs, which usually bloom in the spring.

'The water always wins': Calls to protect shorelines as volatile Lake Michigan inflicts heavy toll

October 30, 2021 - 8:00am

Wisconsin’s Great Lakes communities expect to spend more than $245 million in five years to protect shorelines as a climate "tug of war" drives extreme shifts in water levels.

Federal judge declines to issue new injunction on Wisconsin wolf hunt

October 29, 2021 - 6:05pm

A federal judge decided Friday not to issue an injunction to halt Wisconsin's wolf hunt while an injunction in a Dane County case remains in place. Six Ojibwe tribes had sought the intervention ahead of the state's wolf hunt, which was scheduled to begin Nov. 6.

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Groups say state lawmakers are undermining efforts to protect public from PFAS firefighting foam

Wisconsin's largest utility company plans to drop coal by 2035

As leaders convene at UN climate summit, Wisconsin scientists, activists seek action to limit warming

Lilacs in bloom: Abnormal weather is impacting Wisconsin plants, animals

'The water always wins': Calls to protect shorelines as volatile Lake Michigan inflicts heavy toll

Federal judge declines to issue new injunction on Wisconsin wolf hunt

Wisconsin tribes seek federal injunction to block fall wolf hunt even as recent order bars a season

As the EPA pursues PFAS standards, industry and residents are at odds over state regulation

Wisconsin apple orchards seeing a shortfall this year

Dane County judge temporarily bars Wisconsin's wolf hunt, orders DNR to set quota of zero wolves

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