by Molly Dove | Jul 23, 2021 | clean water, groundwater, PFAS, Podcast, Water
La Crosse area residents fight for clean water amid recent discovery of PFAS contamination Joe and Kathy Weitekamp have lived in the same home for nearly 40 years in the Town of Campbell, but they are just now learning of PFAS contamination in their private well. And...
by Carly Michiels | Mar 5, 2021 | clean water, climate change, Other News, PFAS, state budget
Environment continues to be high priorities for governor Gov. Tony Evers continues to make the issues of water quality and climate change key tenets of his administration. The 2021-2023 State Budget was introduced by the governor in February, and it includes...
by Jon Drewsen | Dec 18, 2020 | PFAS, Press Releases
Republican lawmakers do bidding of industry PFAS users, shut people with contaminated water out of hearing. MADISON, WI — Efforts by the legislative Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules (JCRAR) to gut important emergency rules for PFAS contamination drew...
by Jon Drewsen | Oct 5, 2020 | PFAS, Podcast
The ongoing crisis of PFAS pollution in Wisconsin drinking water centers around one primary source: firefighting foams. While some are trying to take aim at tackling this major threat to public health, others are standing in the way. In this episode of the podcast, we...
by Scott Laeser | Mar 16, 2020 | clean water, groundwater, PFAS, Water
Early last year, in his State of the State Address, Gov. Evers declared 2019 the Year of Clean Drinking Water. While 2019 is behind us, the governor has continually reiterated—through his words and actions—his support for efforts to address polluted drinking water...
by Jon Drewsen | Mar 10, 2020 | PFAS, Podcast
Marinette is defined by water. From industry like shipbuilding to its location where the Menominee River empties into the Bay of Green Bay, water is at the center of life there. But it’s also been the Wisconsin community at the center of a drinking water...
