Canadian energy firm Enbridge can keep building a new stretch of its Line 5 oil and gas pipeline in northern Wisconsin except in waterways where the company needs additional permits, a Bayfield County judge ruled Friday.

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Dry conditions, warm temperatures and gusty winds are combing to create dangerous wildfire conditions across much of northern Wisconsin Friday.

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Wisconsin and other states again face steep funding cuts for water and wastewater projects under the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed budget, but it’s drawing bipartisan opposition in Congress.

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The Brule State Fish Hatchery in northern Wisconsin must remain open after the Legislature’s finance committee unanimously approved $4 million in additional spending authority for the state’s fish and wildlife account.

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What attracts those beautiful and beneficial birds, bees and butterflies to our backyard gardens? A leading entomologist and author visited WPR's "Garden Talk" with advice on how to pull in those pollinators.

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A manufacturing company in east central Wisconsin must pay $200,000 for alleged violations of its air pollution violations.

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In 2021, lawmakers in Maine passed a suite of legislation aimed at fixing the state’s PFAS crisis, investing more than $200 million in the effort. A new book chronicles Maine's PFAS story and where things stand now, five years later.

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The head of the company that owns Wisconsin’s largest utility said it’s discussing the addition of more hyperscale data centers with very large customers.

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Every spring, Wisconsinites have the opportunity to make their voices heard on issues related to our state’s natural resources. This year, a majority of respondents to a survey told the Wisconsin Conservation Congress that they are willing to pay more in fees to sustain DNR programs.

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A federal judge has temporarily barred the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa from restricting musky and walleye fishing on almost 20 lakes within the boundaries of its reservation in northern Wisconsin.

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Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz provided details to lawmakers Thursday on employees affected by the closure of its regional office in Milwaukee, as well as President Donald Trump’s budget that cuts 75 percent of the agency's funding.

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Wisconsin would be allowed to redesignate areas that aren’t meeting federal smog regulations if it can show most pollution is coming from outside the state under a new bill introduced by Republicans.

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In the deepest part of Lake Superior, a quarter mile below the surface, researchers are discovering a growing number of extraordinarily thin lake trout that weigh about half their typical, healthy body weight. Scientists have dubbed them "zombie fish."

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A new lawsuit filed by a watersports group argues an ordinance passed by a Wisconsin village is an illegal and unconstitutional ban on wake surfing and wake boats.

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A Dane County judge has dismissed a case brought by Wisconsin youth who challenged state laws that they argue worsen the climate crisis and violate their constitutional rights.

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The Center for Biological Diversity is suing federal wildlife regulators for their alleged failure to protect the rare salamander mussel, an endangered species at risk of extinction.

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New research out of Ohio State University found the rate of bird decline was quicker in areas with more intense agricultural practices.

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On Wednesday students at Morse Middle School in Milwaukee played Earth Day-inspired bingo and helped clean up around their school's campus. Now a creative greenspace, the area was once four city blocks of concrete before staff applied for Morse to become one of the City of Milwaukee's Green Schools.

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 The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with Michigan in ruling that the state's lawsuit seeking to shut down a section of an aging pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel will stay in state court.

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Wisconsin is more than halfway toward its forest conservation and tree planting goals, Gov. Tony Evers announced ahead of Earth Day.

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