Wisconsin Examiner Stories

Two environmental advocacy groups want a review of the wastewater permit issued by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to a Kewaunee County large concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO). The Midwest Environmental Advocates and […]

Gov. Tony Evers on Friday appointed Waupaca County dairy farmer Rachel Bouressa to the Wisconsin Natural Resource Board — the policy making body for the state Department of Natural Resources.  Evers appointees, who now control the body, […]

A proposed $700 million methane gas plant in Superior hit a new road bump, with the plant’s owners now moving to withdraw requests for an air permit for the facility. If the withdrawal is approved and finalized by the Department of Natural […]

WASHINGTON —   Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell said Tuesday that rumors and disinformation will become a regular part of natural disaster response moving forward, and rebuked those seeking to benefit […]

For Racine Mayor Corey Mason, a small park studded with boulders on the shore of Lake Michigan just south of the city’s downtown is an object lesson on the impact of climate change. In January 2020, a 100-year storm demolished at least […]

This is one in a series of States Newsroom reports on the major policy issues in the presidential race. Highlighted in Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign as one of the major crises facing the country, climate change has received much less attention in […]

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden pledged Monday that the federal government would help people throughout the Southeast recover from the devastation of Hurricane Helene and its aftermath, and said he expects to ask Congress for emergency […]

President Joe Biden has granted North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s request for a federal major disaster declaration for Tropical Storm Helene. The declaration means that the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) will be able to […]

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on Thursday released a final environmental impact statement on Enbridge Energy’s plan to relocate its controversial Line 5 oil pipeline out of the Bad River Reservation in northern Wisconsin.  […]

Pennsylvania wants to remain a manufacturing powerhouse. But state leaders also want to reduce climate change-causing emissions from steel mills and other industrial facilities, while cutting back the toxic pollutants that cause health problems in […]