climate change

A hotly-debated reroute of a portion of a gas and oil line in northern Wisconsin is seeing its day in court.

A sophomore in college, Milwaukee native Jariel Ramos has set a goal of running for political office as soon as he can. The advocate for climate action and environmental justice says we need people doing the work.

A UW-Madison risk and insurance professor offers some helpful tips for navigating flood insurance issues.

FEMA, the nation’s disaster agency, arrived in southeast Wisconsin Thursday to begin assessing damage from the region’s historic flooding. And while they were a sight for sore eyes, there’s still a long process before residents find relief, if they ever do.

The weekend storms took everyone by surprise, including the National Weather Service. So how did it happen and what did they see?

Habitat loss, climate change and the use of pesticides are to blame for the population decline of monarchs, says Karen Oberhauser, the co-founder and co-director of the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project.

Meteorologists are urging people to limit time outside and warn that people can face health consequences without proper air conditioning or hydration.

As climate change increasingly burdens Milwaukee’s aging housing stock, the city’s Environmental Collaboration Office, or ECO, is working to connect homeowners with energy-saving resources and build new net-zero housing.

Increasingly disastrous weather events — due to climate change — are making people in parts of the country consider moving to the Midwest, where impacts are less harsh.

As climate change worsens around the world, so does the most frequent and costly natural disaster in Wisconsin: flooding. Hear what authors of a new study say about the challenges Milwaukee is facing — and how the city is preparing.