Category: Clean Water

Judge to Hear Opening Statements and Public Testimony on August 12

Learn about something you can do to speak out against the Line 5 oil pipeline.

In northern Wisconsin, where the Bad River flows through the largest wild rice beds in the Great Lakes basin, a legal battle is looming. The outcome may decide the fate of a dangerous oil pipeline and the health of a fragile watershed.

Summertime in Wisconsin often comes with algal blooms, some of which can pose risks to people and pets spending time in the water. Here we look at algal blooms, the risks they pose, and what to watch out for and avoid.

Using the best science available, we can now definitively point to the agricultural practices that have the greatest potential for reducing agricultural emissions in Wisconsin, and at what scale of adoption Wisconsin will need these practices implemented to achieve net-zero by 2050 in the agriculture sector.

We’ve been talking about Neonicotinoids, or neonics, a lot lately.

In a first-of-its-kind event, a state-wide PFAS group hosted its inaugural PFAS Summit at Rib Mountain State Park in Wausau earlier this summer.

Senate Republicans have passed a bill that will mean more pollution, higher energy costs, more extraction on public lands, and lost jobs here in Wisconsin.

What we know about the impacts of neonic pesticides on our bodies and how to limit exposure.

A little more than a year after announcing its first ever drinking water standards for toxic PFAS chemicals, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reversing course, announcing it intends to rescind regulations for four key types of toxic PFAS compounds.