ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers on Monday questioned the structure of a multimillion-dollar settlement between the state of Minnesota and 3M Co., arguing they...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — General Mills announced a deal Tuesday to create South Dakota’s largest organic crop farm as the food giant works to secure enough organic...
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A coalition of Great Lakes advocates is urging Congress to provide funds for cleaning up the region’s waters and strengthening its...
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Major utilities have found evidence of groundwater contamination at coal-burning power plants across the U.S. where landfills and man-made ponds have been...
SAN DIEGO — A judge who was taunted by Donald Trump during the presidential campaign sided with the president Tuesday on a challenge to building a...
La Crosse is trying to set an example, calling on Washington, D.C., to continue clean-air standards in American cars. The Sierra Club hopes to see the...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska residents had the opportunity to weigh in on the Trump administration’s proposal to open federal waters near the state to oil and...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is looking for a fix to a problem that doesn’t exist — stopping foreign countries from picking out troublesome people for...
It was a basic message: Air pollution is not somebody else’s problem to solve. Community leaders in La Crosse are campaigning to make the environment a...
A vote likely this week in the Wisconsin Senate on a proposal that would allow builders to fill certain marshes and bogs without a permit. The...
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republicans moved closer Thursday to relaxing wetland regulations, passing a contentious bill that would allow builders to fill certain marshes and bogs...
MADISON, Wis. – The state Assembly is preparing to pass a Republican bill that would allow developers to fill state wetlands without a permit. Under the...
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — For a second consecutive year, President Donald Trump is trying to drastically reduce or eliminate federal support of cleanups for iconic U.S....
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republicans moved a revamped bill that would allow builders to fill marshes and swamps without a permit out of committee Thursday, clearing...
It is the Mississippi Valley Conservancy’s largest donation ever. An anonymous donor just sent the nonprofit a $1 million endowment fund. Mississippi Valley executive director Carol...
Among the last-minute bills racing through Wisconsin’s legislature is one that has nothing to do with roads, schools, welfare or any of the other hot-button issue....
MADISON, Wis. — The public will get a chance to sound off in March about Racine officials’ request to pull 7 million gallons of water per...
Growing concerns over road salt impacts on waterways are not lost on La Crosse County’s highway crews. County highway commissioner Ron Chamberlain says that’s something he...
MILWAUKEE — Foxconn Technology Group is seeking an air emissions permit and the right to tap 7 million gallons of water a day from Lake Michigan,...
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republicans are scaling back a bill that would have allowed developers to build on state wetlands without permits. Assembly Majority Leader Jim...
