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EPA issues new auto rules aimed at cutting carbon emissions, boosting electric vehicles and hybrids

Associated Press, March 20, 2024

Gov. Tony Evers signs bills to expand eligibility for water quality projects, allow airgun hunting

Wisconsin State Journal, March 15, 2024

PFAS is piling up in our trash. Can we keep it contained?

Wisconsin Watch, March 13, 2024

Wisconsin lawmakers to order bucks-only hunting in northern counties

Superior Telegram, March 8, 2024

Conservation, timber groups debate alleged logging violations in national forest

Wisconsin Examiner, March 8, 2024

Anti-conservation group works to influence land use policy in three northern Wisconsin counties

Wisconsin Examiner, March 7, 2024

Organic Valley tries ‘carbon insetting’ to reduce dairy’s carbon footprint and help its farmers

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 7, 2024

Wisconsin appeals court says regulators must develop PFAS restrictions before mandating clean-up

Associated Press, March 6, 2024

Rothschild seeks approval for $7.6M facility to remove PFAS from drinking water

Wausau Daily Herald, March 6, 2024

New bill would start banning products with PFAS in 2028

Wisconsin Public Radio, March 1, 2024

PFAS trust fund remains unspent as Republicans, Democrats argue over legislation

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 1, 2024

Evers to veto PFAS bill but urges legislators to release money

The Capital Times, February 27, 2024

GOP lawmakers send PFAS bill to governor’s desk as Evers signals likely veto

Wausau Pilot & Review, February 25, 2024

Wisconsin lawmakers OK bill to tackle forever chemicals pollution, but governor isn’t on board

Associated Press, February 22, 2024

PFAS bill goes to skeptical Gov. Evers, who says it’s pro-polluter

The Capital Times, February 22, 2024

Evers signals he won’t sign bill to fight PFAS as legislative session nears end

Channel 3000, February 21, 2024

Will Milwaukee County ever be able to afford parks system?

Urban Milwaukee, February 19, 2024

Senate committee advances 3 Natural Resources Board appointees after rejecting 4 previous Evers picks

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 19, 2024

GOP bill would let standards move forward for PFAS in groundwater

Wisconsin Public Radio, February 19, 2024

2 Republican legislators push to set standards for PFAS in groundwater

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 16, 2024

Great Lakes ice cover reaches record low for mid-February

Wisconsin Public Radio, February 16, 2024

EPA to allow use of existing stock of now-banned dicamba products

Superior Telegram, February 14, 2024

New bill addresses PFAS in groundwater

WXOW, February 9, 2024

GOP bill seeks to end program that promotes sustainability

Wisconsin Public Radio, February 9, 2024

Tony Evers has not yet interviewed candidates for DNR secretary, despite 4 month vacancy

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 7, 2024

Bipartisan bill gives Wisconsin communities flood resilience grants

Wisconsin Public Radio, February 5, 2024

State’s powerful budget committee rejects another stewardship project, this time in Ashland

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 2, 2024

Judge upholds clean water regulations for factory farms in challenge against DNR

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 31, 2024

DNR proposals would do away with wildlife at state environmental center

Wisconsin State Journal, January 31, 2024

DNR can regulate large animal-feeding operations, judge rules

The Capital Times, January 30, 2024

DNR says fish and wildlife account is approaching a roughly $16M deficit

Wisconsin Public Radio, January 25, 2024

Wisconsin bill would limit local authority over animal welfare regulations

Wisconsin Watch, January 25, 2024

Gov. Tony Evers bypasses GOP on Pelican River Forest conservation project

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 24, 2024

Rural Wisconsinites see farm pollution, PFAS as big threats to clean drinking water, UW survey finds

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 24, 2024

Wisconsin’s US lawmakers want to exempt state sturgeon from possible endangered designation

Wisconsin Public Radio, January 23, 2024

Defense Department to again target ‘forever chemicals’ contamination near Michigan military base

Associated Press, January 19, 2024

Wisconsin DNR preps 2024 grant program for small water systems to deal with PFAS contamination

Associated Press, January 18, 2024

Sturgeon could be listed as endangered species, but Wisconsin’s congressional reps want an exemption. Here’s why.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 17, 2024

DNR and Wisconsin Salt Wise say too much salt usage during the winter can affect the water

WEAU, January 15, 2024

Wisconsin state park stickers could remain valid for 12 months after purchase under new bill

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 12, 2024

Pelican River Forest secures funding, but local leaders want federal grant revoked

Wisconsin Public Radio, January 10, 2024

Evers says it’s hard to find a new DNR secretary after GOP lawmakers fired other appointees

Wisconsin Public Radio, January 8, 2024

PFAS lawsuits involve complex science and law, but settlements can be worth millions

Wisconsin Public Radio, January 1, 2024

Environmental groups want stronger rules for use of coal ash fill after EPA reveals new risks

Stateline, January 1, 2024

Gov. Evers asks GOP lawmakers to release PFAS funds as they’ve reached a standstill on legislation to address the chemicals

Wisconsin Public Radio, December 28, 2023

Wisconsin PFAS groundwater standards halted—for now

Foley & Lardner LLP, December 27, 2023

Evers calls on Legislature to release PFAS funds, approve DNR groundwater rule

Wisconsin Examiner, December 20, 2023

GOP lawmakers press Evers’ appointees to DNR board on wolf management, PFAS cleanup

Wisconsin Public Radio, December 20, 2023

New NRB appointees grilled on role of board, cranes, stewardship by Senate

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 20, 2023

Excessive costs force Wisconsin regulators to halt work on groundwater standards for PFAS chemicals

Associated Press, December 19, 2023