Bill to make Apostle Islands Wisconsin’s first national park clears House committee

Bill to make Apostle Islands Wisconsin’s first national park clears House committee
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A bill that would redesignate the Apostle Islands as Wisconsin’s first national park advanced out of the House Committee on Natural Resources in a narrow vote this week. Read the […]
A bill that would redesignate the Apostle Islands as Wisconsin’s first national park advanced out of the House Committee on Natural Resources in a narrow vote this week. Read the […]
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What over a century of ice data can tell us about the Great Lakes’ future

What over a century of ice data can tell us about the Great Lakes’ future
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Michigan researchers have gone back in time to get a picture of how ice cover on the Great Lakes has evolved since the late 19th century. Using historical temperature records […]
Michigan researchers have gone back in time to get a picture of how ice cover on the Great Lakes has evolved since the late 19th century. Using historical temperature records […]
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What over a century of ice data can tell us about the Great Lakes’ future

Ice caves’ brief return shows beauty and risk on Lake Superior

Ice caves’ brief return shows beauty and risk on Lake Superior
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Rare ice formations, last seen a decade ago, draw huge crowds within hours off the Apostle Islands in Wisconsin. But volatile weather conditions force a swift shutdown as officials play […]
Rare ice formations, last seen a decade ago, draw huge crowds within hours off the Apostle Islands in Wisconsin. But volatile weather conditions force a swift shutdown as officials play […]
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Ice caves’ brief return shows beauty and risk on Lake Superior

Water is Life, Six Nations lead international approach to long-standing water insecurity

Water is Life, Six Nations lead international approach to long-standing water insecurity
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By Mia Litzenberg

The Six Nations of the Grand River face ongoing water insecurity from pollution, climate change and corporate extraction. Many years of Indigenous water advocacy have led to the development of a new Haudenosaunee Environmental Research Institute as the next step to overcome these challenges.

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By Mia Litzenberg

The Six Nations of the Grand River face ongoing water insecurity from pollution, climate change and corporate extraction. Many years of Indigenous water advocacy have led to the development of a new Haudenosaunee Environmental Research Institute as the next step to overcome these challenges.

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Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa files petition for judicial review of Line 5 permit

Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa files petition for judicial review of Line 5 permit
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The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has filed a petition with Wisconsin’s Iron County Circuit Court to review a decision allowing Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute project to move […]
The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has filed a petition with Wisconsin’s Iron County Circuit Court to review a decision allowing Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute project to move […]
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Snowy season boosts northern Wisconsin tourism, but winters are becoming unreliable

Snowy season boosts northern Wisconsin tourism, but winters are becoming unreliable
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An unusually snowy 2025–2026 season has helped draw tourists to northern Wisconsin’s outdoor winter attractions like the Apostle Islands ice caves, but many locals and industry groups say that reliably […]
An unusually snowy 2025–2026 season has helped draw tourists to northern Wisconsin’s outdoor winter attractions like the Apostle Islands ice caves, but many locals and industry groups say that reliably […]
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Environmental groups file challenge to DNR Line 5 decision

Environmental groups file challenge to DNR Line 5 decision
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A coalition of Wisconsin environmental advocacy groups filed a lawsuit Monday challenging an administrative law judge’s decision to uphold the Department of Natural Resource’s permit approval to reroute the Enbridge […]
A coalition of Wisconsin environmental advocacy groups filed a lawsuit Monday challenging an administrative law judge’s decision to uphold the Department of Natural Resource’s permit approval to reroute the Enbridge […]
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Environmental groups file challenge to DNR Line 5 decision

Iron ore port shipments reflect pellet production decline

Iron ore port shipments reflect pellet production decline
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As goes Iron Range iron ore pellet production, so goes the iron ore docks in Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin. Iron ore tonnage shipped from the Port of Duluth-Superior fell […]
As goes Iron Range iron ore pellet production, so goes the iron ore docks in Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin. Iron ore tonnage shipped from the Port of Duluth-Superior fell […]
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Iron ore port shipments reflect pellet production decline

Enbridge paid police to protect one pipeline. Now it wants to do it again in Wisconsin.

Enbridge paid police to protect one pipeline. Now it wants to do it again in Wisconsin.
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An agreement approved by some Wisconsin counties would allow the oil company Enbridge to reimburse local law enforcement for equipment, training, and policing costs related to potential protests during construction […]
An agreement approved by some Wisconsin counties would allow the oil company Enbridge to reimburse local law enforcement for equipment, training, and policing costs related to potential protests during construction […]
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Shipwreck hunter discovers sunken 150-year-old luxury liner off the coast of Wisconsin

Shipwreck hunter discovers sunken 150-year-old luxury liner off the coast of Wisconsin
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A shipwreck hunter discovered the wreck of the Lac La Belle, a luxury steamer that sank in 1872 in Lake Michigan, about 20 miles off the Wisconsin coast, after searching […]
A shipwreck hunter discovered the wreck of the Lac La Belle, a luxury steamer that sank in 1872 in Lake Michigan, about 20 miles off the Wisconsin coast, after searching […]
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