A frac sand processing plant in Monroe County may just be on hold for now. The proposed $70 million Meteor Timber plant near Millston was derailed...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department said Wednesday it has reinstated the mineral rights leases for a company that wants to build a copper-nickel mine...
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — U.S. senators from states in the Great Lakes region are pushing for continued federal funding of a program designed to make...
The Minnesota Senate voted 38-28 Monday to nullify a water quality standard that’s meant to protect wild rice, a food central to the culture and diet...
SUPERIOR, Wis. — An explosion and asphalt fire at a Wisconsin oil refinery on Thursday sent huge plumes of smoke into the air that pollution experts...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt signed a proposed rule Tuesday that seeks to restrict the types of scientific studies that regulators can...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources approved a request Wednesday to pull millions of gallons of water daily from Lake Michigan to...
South side school the latest in La Crosse to start its own garden
PROVINCETOWN, Mass. (AP) — Regina Asmutis-Silvia, a biologist who has dedicated her career to saving right whales, is cleaning out a file cabinet from the early...
OSCEOLA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Despite almost 100 percent of public comments going against, Michigan officials have approved a permit allowing Nestlé Waters North America Inc. to...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State documents show emissions from Foxconn Technology Group’s planned manufacturing complex would rank among the highest in southeastern Wisconsin for toxins that...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Several environmental groups are challenging a settlement between the state Department of Natural Resources and the Dairy Business Association over rules regarding...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An environmental group is asking regulators to take a closer look at the draft water quality permit for the proposed PolyMet...
Most Americans might live in the city but don’t necessarily think about where they live as being in “nature.” It’s a potentially dangerous way to think...
Wisconsin has a history of being a leader in environmental protection efforts. These days, that seems like ancient history. More and more it seems we are...
STURTEVANT, Wis. (AP) — Dozens of concerned residents and activists asked a Wisconsin agency on Wednesday to reject an application from the city of Racine to...
TOKYO (AP) — A government-commissioned group of experts concluded Wednesday that a costly underground ice wall is only partially effective in reducing the ever-growing amount of...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Environmental groups have delivered around 10,000 citizen comments and petitions to the Department of Natural Resources expressing concerns about the proposed...
A new website should tell most of the story about why it’s important to think about stormwater runoff. That is, at least, the hope of the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has quietly decided once again to allow Americans to import the body parts of African elephants shot for sport, despite...
