Susan Bence
Environmental ReporterSusan Bence entered broadcasting in an untraditional way. After years of avid public radio listening, Susan returned to school and earned a bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She interned for WUWM News and worked with the Lake Effect team, before being hired full-time as a WUWM News reporter / producer.
Susan is now WUWM's Environmental Reporter, the station's first. Her work has been recognized by the Milwaukee Press Club, the Northwest Broadcast News Association, and the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association.
Susan worked with Prevent Blindness Wisconsin for 20 years, studied foreign languages at UWM, and loves to travel.
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The Milwaukee City-County Task Force on Climate and Economic Equity was formed in 2019. Since then, it’s been grappling with how to address the cascade of challenges that fall under those issues. -
Right now, the lowest hourly wage earned by some city of Milwaukee employees is $8.19. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett proposes raising the salary bar to $15 an hour.
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As summer weather settles in and our post-pandemic world continues to open, more people will likely head to parks and beaches. But families in Milwaukee County will see fewer staff, especially lifeguards.
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As areas of Wisconsin grapple with PFAS contamination, a collection of environmental and public health are getting involved in a lawsuit around the Wisconsin DNR's use of a longstanding regulation called the Spill Law to move clean ups forward.
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UW-Milwaukee scientist Todd Miller is leading an effort to advance toxic algae research while protecting aquatic and public health.
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The multiyear process will result in a facility somewhere on the estuary that will be both a visitor center and research hub.
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This week the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board will discuss potential changes to the state's wolf harvest rules; in the meantime, 115 scientists from around the country are calling on the Biden administration to reinstate federal protection for the animal.
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For this Listen MKE, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, Milwaukee Water Works Superintendent Karen Dettmer and Milwaukee Health Commissioner Kirsten Johnson discuss how they plan to address the city's lead issue.
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A public hearing was held Tuesday evening on a plan to expand Wisconsin's largest landfill by 76.6 acres.
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Advocates say a series of projects, some underway and others proposed, are working to lift the Milwaukee Estuary's designation as a "area of concern."
