Communication this summer between a Wausau resident and city leaders related to testing for PFAS in the city’s drinking water is coming into question following the city’s announcement that all of its municipal wells have been found with levels of the chemical beyond state recommendations.
Pressure is growing at the federal level for government agencies to not purchase products containing PFAS, as well as holding government agencies accountable for their efforts to address the contamination happening around the country.
Leaders and researchers in Rhinelander are hopeful to see federal funding opportunities that will assist them in addressing the problem of contaminated drinking water.
The Wood County Solar Project has transferred to Alliant Energy and moved into the construction phase on roughly two square miles of land for a 150-megawatt solar utility in the Town of Saratoga. It is the first of 12 solar farm projects Alliant is implementing in the state.
As many people begin to return to more pre-pandemic normalcy, others are having to continue or even increase COVID-19 precautions. That is the case for wildlife rehabilitation centers, like Wild Instincts in Rhinelander.
Tree harvesting began the second week of April in Saratoga, preparing roughly two square miles of land for a 150-megawatt solar utility. The fields of solar panels will convert enough sun energy to power about 40,000 homes. It will also bring hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue into the area.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resourceswill host a public informational meeting to discuss a proposed walleye rehabilitation effort on Katherine and Clear Lakes in Oneida County and Laura and Anvil Lakes in Vilas County.
The Dept. of Natural Resources warned residents Friday to burn any vegetative debris now, as a wildfire risk will remain this spring amid Wisconsin’s storm damaged areas.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced the release of a statewide PFAS Action Plan created to address growing public health and environmental concerns regarding PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) in Wisconsin.
From the farm to the river, and then into the lakes. Run-off from farms can cause an issue of algae in Wisconsin waters. That’s why efforts are underway to clean it up. The algae, caused by excess levels of phosphorus, make it difficult for aquatic life to live, and people to swim in.
The number of property owners seeking emergency permits along Lake Michigan and the Bay of Green Bay has nearly doubled since the beginning of the year and is now approaching 500.
Already at record high levels, and still rising.
With each month that passes in 2020, water levels on lake Michigan and the Bay of Green Bay continue to break all-time records.
Property owners along the Bay of Green Bay are scrambling to hire contractors to install flood protection systems to guard their homes and cottages.
And with water levels at record levels and forecasted to continue rising this spring, there's not enough contractors to go around.
That's why one local concrete company is now looking to get involved.
The Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ) has awarded Citizens for a Clean Wausau (CCW) a $5,000 grant to continue their watchdog environmental efforts in Wausau.
Record high water levels with the water continuing to rise.
Recent data shows Lake Michigan has never been higher during the month of July, tied with 1986 for the high water mark.
An organization that represents states in the Great Lakes region says governments should push harder to protect water quality through use of "green infrastructure."
A new U.S. study of polar bears off Alaska's coasts says faster-moving sea ice brought on by rapid global warming is adding to the animals' physiological stress.
A growing number of U.S. colleges say they're committed to fight climate change despite President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from an international pact.
Officials in Southern California are crying foul after more than 140 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Tijuana River in Mexico and flowed north of the border for more than two weeks.
After the US Army Corps of Engineers halts the Dakota Access Pipeline project, Monica Hannan, evening anchor from our sister station KFYR-TV in Bismark, ND explains political motivations behind the project and how outside groups, including Wisconsin protesters and law enforcement influenced the project.
Intense dark, intense pressure (literally) and certain death upon mechanical failure. Welcome to exploration in the deep ocean. We caught up with submarine pilot Bruce Strickrott.
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