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Wisconsin Republicans ignore governor’s call to spend $125M to combat ‘forever chemicals’
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Wisconsin Republicans ignore governor’s call to spend $125M to combat ‘forever chemicals’

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republicans on Tuesday ignored the latest call from Democratic Gov. But Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee did not show up, with the GOP co-chairs calling Evers’ move “blatant political game-playing.” Although no Republicans came, Evers made a previously unannounced appearance in the Capitol hearing room and joined three Democratic lawmakers in blasting the GOP inaction. …

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Evers vetoes a Republican-backed bill targeting PFAS chemicals
11 months ago

Evers vetoes a Republican-backed bill targeting PFAS chemicals

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a Republican bill Tuesday that would have created grants to fight pollution from “forever chemicals” and took the unusual step of calling the GOP-controlled budget committee into meeting to approve spending $125 million to deal with contamination. Evers said it was “just wrong” that lawmakers have not approved spending the $125 million …

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In Cleveland, mushrooms digest entire houses: How fungi can be used to clean up pollution
1 year ago

In Cleveland, mushrooms digest entire houses: How fungi can be used to clean up pollution

BBC  

In Cleveland, mushrooms digest entire houses: How fungi can be used to clean up pollution Getty Images In the struggle to combat pollution and fight climate change, a growing number of scientists are beginning to look to one of nature’s oldest biotechnologies: fungi. "All of the material from demolition – the studs, the floors, cellulosic mass, and even things like …

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Evers again asks Wisconsin Republicans to release $125M to combat forever chemicals pollution
1 year ago

Evers again asks Wisconsin Republicans to release $125M to combat forever chemicals pollution

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers reiterated Tuesday that he will veto a Republican bill that would create grants to fight pollution from so-called forever chemicals and again asked GOP lawmakers to release to environmental regulators $125 million set aside to deal with contamination. Republicans who control the Legislature’s powerful finance committee refused to budge, raising the possibility that …

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Wisconsin Senate signs off on bill to spend tens of millions on PFAS pollution
1 year, 3 months ago

Wisconsin Senate signs off on bill to spend tens of millions on PFAS pollution

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin municipalities and landowners could apply for tens of millions of dollars in state grants to combat PFAS pollution under a bill the state Senate approved Tuesday. Tony Evers, but the governor has said he doesn’t support the bill because it would limit the state Department of Natural Resources’ ability to order landowners to clean up contamination. …

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Evers administration allocates $402 million to combat PFAS, other water contaminants
1 year, 4 months ago

Evers administration allocates $402 million to combat PFAS, other water contaminants

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers is allocating more than $402 million to address polluted drinking water in Wisconsin, his office announced Monday. The money will be available to 106 Wisconsin municipalities to help them build water infrastructure projects, replace lead service lines and address emerging contaminants such as PFAS. The money comes from a combination of the state Department …

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Republican lawmakers propose plan to combat PFAS pollution in Wisconsin
1 year, 9 months ago

Republican lawmakers propose plan to combat PFAS pollution in Wisconsin

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republican legislators have proposed a sweeping new plan to address PFAS pollution that would create grants for local governments, limit regulators’ ability to delay projects on polluted property and mandate studies on how to treat contaminated water. “The bill is a strong starting point,” Rep. Jeff Mursau, the bill’s chief Assembly sponsor, said Monday during a public …

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Wisconsin Republicans vote to spend $125 million to combat PFAS pollution, but not right away
1 year, 9 months ago

Wisconsin Republicans vote to spend $125 million to combat PFAS pollution, but not right away

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republicans voted Thursday to put $125 million aside to combat pollution from so-called forever chemicals, but delayed a decision on how exactly to spend the money. Allocating money to fight PFAS, while eliminating testing for it and new positions to work on the pollution, doesn’t “make a bit of damn sense,” Democratic Sen. LaTonya Johnson of …

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Kamala Harris visits Lake Mead to sell Biden’s climate agenda amid drought in West
3 years, 4 months ago

Kamala Harris visits Lake Mead to sell Biden’s climate agenda amid drought in West

LA Times  

Amid worsening drought in the West that threatens the region’s water and food supplies, Vice President Kamala Harris went to Lake Mead on Monday to pitch the Biden administration’s infrastructure and climate change plans, saying they would create jobs and respond to climate change. “It is critical that we as a nation understand that we have within our hands, within …

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Wisconsin Assembly passes bill to combat PFAS pollution
5 years ago

Wisconsin Assembly passes bill to combat PFAS pollution

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Assembly Republicans hastily put together a bill addressing PFAS contamination and pushed it through to the Senate early Friday, just moments before adjourning for the year. Nygren and Democratic state Sen. Dave Hansen of Green Bay put together a sweeping bill addressing PFAS contamination in January that called for emergency rules limiting the amount of PFAS …

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