CLIMATE
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Milwaukee Aims to Fight Disparities, Reduce Emissions With All-Electric Bus Line
Milwaukee’s new bus rapid transit line will use all-electric buses and provide quicker access to work, education, and health care for disadvantaged city residents.
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Wisconsin Researchers Proving the Dairy State Has Some Green-Energy Tricks up Its Sleeve
From faster car chargers to smaller wind turbines, “the way we look at this utility is going to totally change, and it’s going to happen” at UW-Milwaukee and elsewhere.
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Wisconsin Is Having Way More Wildfires Than Usual. Here’s Why.
Climate change plays a role in this year’s unusually fiery Wisconsin wildfire season—but not in the way you might think.
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Biden’s Climate Policy Could Help Offset Wisconsin GOP’s Anti-Environment Actions
The Trump administration and GOP control of the Legislature have hampered funding of initiatives to reduce pollution.
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Baldwin: Infrastructure Damaged Due to a Changing Climate Should Be Built Back Better
Her bill would allow roads and bridges destroyed by extreme weather to be built to higher standards without penalty.
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Clean Water at Stake as WI Supreme Court Hears Appeals to Take GOP Restrictions Off the DNR
Clean Wisconsin asks the court to remove legislative micromanagement citing megafarm pollution and high-capacity wells draining lakes.
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The Green Line: Cities Across Wisconsin Are Making Public Transit More Environmentally Friendly
Buses spew diesel fumes, but more communities are moving away from fossil fuels in their transit options. Smaller cities help lead the charge in Wisconsin.
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Critics Say I-94 Expansion in Milwaukee Puts Evers’ Administration at Odds With Biden—and Itself
The governor’s climate change task force pointed to the historically detrimental effects of urban freeways and ports on communities of color in a 2020 report. But his administration is pressing ahead anyway.
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Climate Change Panel to Stay Active, Seek Legislative Action on Its Plan
Lt. Gov. Barnes calls it the most ambitious climate agenda ever seen in Wisconsin.
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DNR Says It Would Cost $750,000 to Test All Remaining Municipal Water Systems for PFAS
“We really need some legislators to step up and champion this issue,” says one environmental advocate.
