Truth About Natural Gas
March 8, 2024
"Replacing coal with gas isn't going to get us anywhere close to where we need to be. These things are locked in."…
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Last Line of Defense: Battle Over Wisconsin Gas Plant Intensifies
January 23, 2024
"We're the last line of defense to protect our, our, our sacred spaces, our water, our air."…
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A Toast to 1939
December 20, 2023
1939 — It’s the year researchers at the University of Wisconsin developed a hearty red corn that could tolerate Wisconsin winters and feed…
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Fallout of ‘Forever Chemicals’
November 14, 2023
Some states have found PFAS tainting their milk and meat and contaminating crops. What are the health consequences of population-wide exposure to these toxic chemicals?…
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Wisconsin’s Vanishing Bee
September 19, 2023
In this episode, we walk deep into the Wisconsin woods for the rarest of discoveries: a nest of endangered Rusty Patched Bumblebee queens.…
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Suppressing Solar? Alliant Energy, MG&E target home solar in rate plans
September 6, 2023
Net metering. It doesn’t sound that exciting, but it’s actually one of the biggest incentives for families and small businesses to go solar. When your rooftop panels produce more energy than you can use, that energy goes into the grid, and your utility credits you for it. Now, MG&E and Alliant Energy are taking aim at that net metering incentive. Both are seeking approval from the Public Service Commission to drastically change the way they treat customers who install solar panels.…
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Farming the Sun: WI Farmers Find a Lifeline in Solar
July 30, 2023
It’s no secret, Wisconsin has been rapidly losing its small family farms, and with them, a way of life that’s defined much of our state for more than a century. But there is a lifeline coming.…
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The Disinformation Game
June 13, 2023
Scientific, peer-reviewed studies. Turns out they just don’t hold a candle to what your neighbor says. Or your friends on Facebook. And that can be really bad news when it comes to fighting climate change. A sea of misinformation is getting in the way of badly-needed clean energy projects.…
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Clean Energy Backlash
May 17, 2023
To reach our climate goals, Wisconsin needs to build one major wind project and three to four large solar farms every year for the next few decades. But a wave of pushback could be coming. Some Wisconsin communities are working to pass ordinances making it harder to build those clean energy projects. It’s something happening across our region.…
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I’ll drink to that! New Glarus Brewing Captures its Carbon
April 21, 2023
Since last fall, New Glarus Brewing has been capturing more than 330 pounds of carbon dioxide every hour of operation and reusing it. Join co-founder and master brewer Dan Carey for a tour.…
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