WUWM environment

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is holding a virtual Milwaukee roundtable Wednesday to foster dialogue with communities affected by lead in drinking water. Part of the impetus is to get input on the federal Lead and Copper Rule.

As President Joe Biden tries to sell the nation on a huge infrastructure spending plan, the head of his Environmental Protection Agency came to Milwaukee Tuesday to push for the package.

A group is suing the state Department of Natural Resources and the Natural Resources Board over a recent decision to create a snowmobile trail in Blue Mound State Park, 30 miles west of Madison.

Waukesha's long and expensive request to tap into Lake Michigan to supply safe, sustainable water to city residents began in 2010. But concerns linger, even after the Wisconsin DNR signaled final approval of the Great Lakes diversion.

The Grow Solar Greater Milwaukee program allows homeowners and businesses to pool their purchasing power to buy solar panels at a lower cost.

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.

Milwaukee Public Museum staged its first BioBlitz, a 24-hour snapshot of everything living in a space, back in 2015 at Schlitz Audubon Nature Center in Bayside. This weekend, 70 scientists are lending their expertise to tally Franklin's Wehr Nature Center's biodiversity.

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.

UW-Milwaukee scientist Todd Miller is leading an effort to advance toxic algae research while protecting aquatic and public health.

The multiyear process will result in a facility somewhere on the estuary that will be both a visitor center and research hub.