Competing proposals would protect “innocent landowners” — those who didn’t knowingly cause pollution — from liability.
Tag: environment
Posted inEnvironment
Bogs hold a climate solution through carbon capture, but many have been drained
Peat bogs sequester a massive amount of the Earth’s carbon dioxide. But even as scientists work to better understand bogs’ sequestration, the wetlands are under threat.
Posted inBudget Bites, Environment
Wisconsin is still sitting on $125 million for PFAS cleanup
Gov. Tony Evers is proposing more funding to clean up toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, while offering farmers more protections.
Posted inEnvironment
Opting for coexistence: Some Wisconsin landowners learn to live with beavers
Beavers can cause property damage, but research shows they positively impact the environment. Some landowners are ditching traps and dynamite to peacefully manage the nuisance.
Posted inBill Watch, Environment
Republican bill seeks more local control over wind, solar farms
A bill that would empower Wisconsin municipalities to block the construction of solar and wind farms in their backyards has been introduced a second time.
Posted inEnvironment
New federal law addresses climate extremes and flooding along Mississippi River
Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work that advocates believe is critical as the river basin sees more frequent and severe extreme weather events due to climate change.
Posted inEnvironment
Coal was on its way out, but surging electricity demand is keeping it alive — costing people and the environment
Owners or operators of more than 30 U.S. coal plants, in states from Wisconsin to West Virginia, plan to delay their retirement — increasing utility bills and prolonging dangerous greenhouse gas emissions.
Posted inEnvironment
Why aren’t tribal nations installing more green energy? Blame ‘white tape’
A seeming lack of interest in joining the growing green energy market is the focus of a recent economic study coming out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison detailing barriers — like federal red tape — that tribes face when starting green energy projects.
Posted inEnvironment
The fate of thousands of US dams hangs in the balance, leaving rural communities with hard choices
Wisconsin dams are among nearly 12,000 that have been built under the USDA’s Watershed Programs. Generally smaller and set in rural agricultural areas, they’re mostly clustered from the center of the country eastward.
Posted inEnvironment
‘It’s just no place for an oil pipeline’: Wisconsin tribe continues fight to remove 71-year-old Line 5 from pristine place
Line 5 includes a 12-mile stretch that bisects the Bad River reservation, which is heavily forested with river crossings and large swaths of wetlands.
Posted inAsk Wisconsin Watch
What are the health risks of coal piles like the ones in Green Bay?
Locals in Green Bay and lawmakers have long complained about the dust that blows from C. Reiss Terminals’ iconic coal piles. Officials hope to relocate the business.
Posted inEnvironment
Could the Mississippi River benefit from Chesapeake Bay’s strategy to improve water quality?
Environmental groups and policy analysts in the Mississippi River basin have looked to a regional cleanup program in the Chesapeake Bay as a model.