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PFAS warning signs to be posted along Starkweather Creek in Madison

WKOW, December 3, 2019

Tests show more southwestern Wisconsin wells contaminated with fecal matter

Wisconsin State Journal, December 3, 2019

DNR has yet to accept JCI site investigation plan

Eagle Herald, December 2, 2019

Resolution approved for plan to test, monitor PFAS levels

Channel 3000, November 27, 2019

Mayor confirms second well taken out of service

River News Online, November 27, 2019

Evers signs wetlands credits bill

WSAW, November 25, 2019

Rhinelander shuts down Well 8 after PFAS level increase

WJFW, November 25, 2019

Second Rhinelander well shut down as PFAS levels continue to rise

WXPR, November 22, 2019

National group questions CAFOs’ impact on public health as more Wisconsin counties halt expansion

Wisconsin Public Radio, November 22, 2019

Minnesota expands hunt for PFAS chemical contamination in water

Minnesota Star Tribune, November 21, 2019

DNR questions language used by city administrator in notice to water customers

River News Online, November 20, 2019

DNR asks Rhinelander to make PFAS test results public while defending accuracy of previous tests

WJFW, November 20, 2019

DNR investigates PFAS contamination in Rhinelander well

NBC 15, November 19, 2019

Task force will tackle climate change issues across Wisconsin

Wisconsin Examiner, November 19, 2019

Johnson Controls, DNR disputing process for investigating PFAS on farm fields

Wisconsin Public Radio, November 19, 2019

Wisconsin water utilities point to state PFAS challenges

Bloomberg, November 19, 2019

DNR: New PFAS rules likely to have ‘significant’ economic impact

WXPR, November 19, 2019

DNR rejects plan by Johnson Controls over cleanup of ‘forever’ chemicals on farm fields

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 19, 2019

Report: DNR spent $8.7M on contractors to manage state lands

The Daily Reporter, November 18, 2019

JCI/Tyco meets SI deadline

Eagle Herald, November 16, 2019

Road to PFAS regulation is complex, controversial

Eagle Herald, November 13, 2019

Congress close to striking landmark PFAS deal, chairman says

Bloomberg, November 13, 2019

DNR and PFAS regulation

Eagle Herald, November 13, 2019

Climate change lawsuits are not going away

Vox, November 12, 2019

As DNR contemplates PFAS regulation, industry seeks to narrow scope

Wisconsin State Journal, November 12, 2019

Lafayette County will meet today to limit access to water-quality study and prosecute journalists who don’t publish news releases verbatim

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 11, 2019

DNR to hold hearing on PFAS standards; treatment could cost more than $25M for large water utilities

Wisconsin State Journal, November 11, 2019

Lafayette County resolution claims area ‘falsely slandered,’ seeks to restrict well test results

The Capital Times, November 8, 2019

Once a critic, Chamber of Commerce now backs Paris Climate Agreement

Axios, November 8, 2019

Eau Claire wants to be 100% carbon-free by 2050

WQOW, November 7, 2019

Assembly set to OK wetland credits bill

The Daily Reporter, November 7, 2019

Conservationists seek stewardship grant action

Eau Claire Leader Telegram, November 7, 2019

PFAS compounds no longer detected in Rhinelander well; Guild raises idea of mistaken original tests

WXPR, November 6, 2019

PFAS action sent to full county board

Eagle Herald, November 6, 2019

EPA, Wisconsin DNR continue efforts toward regulating PFAS

Lexology, November 5, 2019

DNR says Air National Guard in violation for failing to clean up PFAS contamination at Truax

Wisconsin State Journal, November 5, 2019

Clean water and annexation

Eagle Herald, November 5, 2019

Study: Despite reductions in mercury emissions, concentrations in lake trout persist

Wisconsin Public Radio, November 5, 2019

Defying Trump, governors who represent over half the U.S. population pledge to uphold Paris climate agreement

Newsweek, November 5, 2019

Forecast calls for continued high water in Great Lakes

U.S. News, November 4, 2019

DNR confirms presence of PFAS foams outside initial area of concern

Eagle Herald, November 1, 2019

DNR says Air Force F-35 study didn’t address PFAS contamination at Truax

Wisconsin State Journal, November 1, 2019

Several lakes in the Wisconsin River basin inch closer to new phosphorus standards

Wisconsin Public Radio, October 31, 2019

PFAS-containing foam confirmed by DNR in Peshtigo area

We Are Green Bay, October 30, 2019

Republican Speaker Robin Vos says climate change ‘probably’ real

Wisconsin State Journal, October 30, 2019

DNR: Majority of wastewater systems decline to test for PFAS

Wisconsin Public Radio, October 30, 2019

Despite PFAS numbers, stories – Feds drag their feet

Eagle Herald, October 29, 2019

Water investigation moves forward, dangerous chemical found in city wells

WXOW, October 28, 2019

Michigan develops comprehensive, enforceable PFAS regulation

WXPR, October 28, 2019

Wisconsin DNR yet to hire two new science positions funded in state budget

The Capital Times, October 28, 2019

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