Wisconsin farmers to receive record-breaking support this year from USDA
In 2015, Mike Sievert was awarded nearly $16,000 from the USDA to purchase a grain dryer for his farm. “Things are changing fast, the way...
Why cities around Wisconsin are feeling the heat
While Wisconsin may be known for its "frozen tundra," an increase in hot, humid summer days is bringing attention to Wisconsin's urban heat islands and...
Tribal members and scientists team up to figure out why Wisconsin’s wild rice population is declining
Water laps against a tangle of weeds at the shoreline of Flambeau Lake in Lac du Flambeau. Thick gray clouds hang overhead, but the weather...
We can’t stop climate change by investing in fossil fuels
The latest report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reiterated what we already know: We need to be taking swift, bold...
Massive solar farm plan angers southern Wisconsin residents
When Carissa and Nathan Lyle were expecting their first child in 2017, they bought an old farmhouse on about three acres just west of Rockdale....
Wisconsin regulators pass on policy changes, order further study of clean energy transition
Wisconsin regulators have agreed to gather more information on the clean energy transition while passing up a range of suggested policy changes that could speed...
Warmer And Wetter: Wisconsin’s Economy Is Already Suffering From The Impact Of Global Warming
Temperatures across the world are expected to rise past a level that scientists had hoped to avoid through drastic cuts in carbon emissions, according to...
‘Here we go again’: Driftless Region at watershed moment with flooding, climate change
Last weekend as powerful, persistent rain fell and water began to rise across southwest Wisconsin, all Duke Welter could think was: “Here we go again.”