Whoever wins the next presidential election will be urged to take action against PFAS “forever chemicals” pollution. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) proposed a road map...
Families on French Island recently got good news that test drilling has detected new, deeper sources of groundwater without PFAS, “forever chemicals.” That word comes as...
Another outside, multi-billion-dollar corporation, this time in Switzerland, is trying to come into northern Minnesota and create a copper-nickel (sulfide) mine. La Crosse Talk PM airs...
Made famous being portrayed by Julia Roberts in a movie about her activism, Erin Brockovich is headed to La Crosse asking an important question about the...
It’s been over a year now that residents in the town of Campbell on French Island have been forced to use bottled water because of PFAS...
For over a year, residents of the Town of Campbell on French Island have been forced to use bottled water because of PFAS. The “forever chemical”...
It’s a start. That about sums up the attitude of La Crosse Mayor Mitch Reynods, after news that the federal government is going to start getting...
Lawsuits, the seemingly impossible task of tracking “forever chemicals” in groundwater, providing residents that have contaminated wells with bottled water and — yet to come —...
You don’t see it often. Even less so in Wisconsin — bipartisan legislation. The state got that last year in restricting firefighting foam containing PFAS, compounds...
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive order Saturday requiring communities statewide to restore water service, effectively ending water shutoffs for the duration...
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Researchers in Minnesota are trying to find an alternative to road salt in an effort to protect the state’s water bodies from...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration was expected to announce completion as soon as Thursday of one of its most momentous environmental rollbacks, removing federal protections...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The board of the state Department of Natural Resources on Wednesday authorized the agency to start drafting new water quality standards for...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Years of unchecked agricultural pollution has led Minnesotans to drink tap water that is contaminated with unsafe levels of nitrate, a chemical associated...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota officials have warned a federal agency in a letter that a proposal to streamline water quality laws would cripple their authority to...
MONTREAL (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Canadians have been unwittingly exposed to high levels of lead in their drinking water, with contamination in several cities...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan regulatory oversight board staffed with business and industry representatives selected by former Republican Gov. Rick Snyder has temporarily paused state...
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says the levels of microplastics in drinking water don’t appear to be risky, but that research has been spotty...
La Crosse wants to avoid the fate of Flint, Michigan. The board of public works announced Monday it is hiring a consultant to study whether the...
A state task force wants to be sure the quality of Wisconsin water remains high. Good water has been a selling point for the La Crosse...
