MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislative leaders say they’re skeptical about a plan in Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ budget that calls for borrowing $40 million to...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Unsafe drinking water, not climate change, is the world’s most immediate public health issue, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Andrew Wheeler contended Wednesday. Environmental...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s water supply faces contamination threats ranging from fertilizer to fire-fighting foam, creating a risk of birth defects, cancer and learning disabilities,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth is sick with multiple and worsening environmental ills killing millions of people yearly, a new U.N. report says. Climate change, a global...
KEWAUNEE, Wis. (AP) — Scientists are one step closer to understanding how dangerous contaminants from fecal matter are entering private wells in a northeastern Wisconsin county....
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay plans to offer a new undergraduate degree in water science this fall in part to fill...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers says his budget will seek more money for replacing polluted wells. Evers announced Wednesday that his budget will allocate...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers will call for allowing state environmental and agricultural officials to borrow nearly $70 million more over the next two...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has restored Wisconsin’s authority to protect water quality after ruling it was improperly given up in a settlement with a...
Nature could tell us any day now how healthy our rivers are. The mayflies are getting close to hatching. The largest hatches generally occur within a...
City Brewery is already the source of the largest amount of waste into La Crosse’s sewage treatment plant. Now it’s getting bigger. City Brewery is seeing...
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...
PRESTON, Minn. (AP) — “We brought in some dirty water,” Joni Mehus said, holding a glass jar filled with brown water from field runoff. She and...