Wisconsin Examiner Stories

This story is from Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powers stalling climate action. Sign up for Floodlight’s newsletter here.  For decades, corn has reigned over American agriculture. It sprawls across 90 million […]

Two environmental groups filed a petition late last month challenging the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ decision to grant a permit allowing a West Bend dairy farm to operate as a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO).  […]

A rule to protect Wisconsin’s cleanest waterways from being harmed was finalized last week over the objections of Republican legislators and allied lobbying groups.  The rule highlights the ongoing dispute between the Legislature and the […]

Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature are trying once again to establish a sandhill crane hunting season in the state and once again the issue has caused a heated debate.  At a public hearing on a bill to establish a crane hunt Wednesday […]

When local activist Frank Arcoleo found out over the summer that a data center was coming to his neighborhood in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, he said he was furious. There’d been no votes or public hearings. The first phase of the data center […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed Monday new rules to define the waters of the United States, or WOTUS, protected under the Clean Water Act.  The move was celebrated by farm groups that oppose a broad interpretation of the law, […]

A program to expand electric vehicle charging stations in Wisconsin is getting  a $14 million jolt with plans to build 26 more stations across the state. Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced the expansion […]

Most states offering incentives to data centers don’t disclose which companies benefit, according to a new report. At least 36 states have crafted subsidies specifically for data center projects, according to Good Jobs First, a nonprofit […]

A Wisconsin Assembly committee deadlocked 6-6 Wednesday on a Republican-authored bill to prevent the broadly popular Knowles-Nelson Stewardship program from lapsing next year.  The program, which allows the state Department of Natural Resources […]

A new proposal from a pair of legislative Democrats would institute a number of labor, energy and sustainability requirements on tech companies seeking to build data centers in Wisconsin.  The proposal from Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin (D-Whitefish […]