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| 9/23/2003 | |
| Wisconsin received an overall "F" for its water policies according to a report released by WISPIRG entitled "Clean Water Enforcement Report Card: How Nine States' Regulations Measure Up." | |
| 8/8/2001 | |
| Pollution-related beach closings and advisories nearly doubled last year compared to 1999, providing compelling evidence that the nation's beaches have a major water pollution problem. Testing the Waters: A Guide to Beach Water Quality at Vacation Beaches, a report by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and released today by WISPIRG, finds the increase in closings and advisories is a result of increased monitoring, better testing standards and more complete reporting. | |
| 8/4/2004 | |
| Recent U.S. EPA tests of fish caught in Wisconsin's lakes found every fish tested positive for mercury contamination at levels that exceed EPA's "safe" limit for women of childbearing age. | |
| 8/25/2005 | |
| Today marks the last day that citizens can comment on the Department of Natural Resources’ proposed changes to Wisconsin’s shoreland zoning rules. These rules govern the way development can occur along lakes and rivers across the state. More than 10,000 Wisconsinites have commented, and WISPIRG alone has collected 7,000 more public comments in favor of updating these rules. | |
| 7/24/2001 | |
| Every year factory farms dump 220 billion gallons of animal waste onto farmland and into our waterways, posing a major threat to public health, according to a report released today by WISPIRG, Family Farm Defenders and Midwest Environmental Advocates and written by NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) and the Clean Water Network. The report, the most comprehensive one to date on waste lagoons, calls on the Bush administration to phase out waste lagoons at large-scale hog, dairy and egg farms, and ban the construction of new ones. | |
| 5/2/2003 | |
| A motion passed by the Joint Finance Committee yesterday spells serious trouble for the health of Wisconsin’s soils and waters. Introduced by Representative Ward and Senator Harsdorf, the motion significantly reduces the authority of the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (DATCP) to protect the state’s natural resources from agricultural chemical contamination. | |
| 4/30/2002 | |
| According to a new WISPIRG report, Wisconsin streams and rivers exceeded acceptable phosphorus levels in 93 percent of tests in the past decade, while Wisconsin lakes exceeded acceptable phosphorus levels 80 percent of the time. | |
| 4/12/2005 | |
| Rampant overdevelopment is endangering lakes across Wisconsin because the current shoreland zoning rules (NR115) are outdated and inadequate. | |
| 4/11/2006 | |
| Marking the start of the 2006 construction season, the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group (WISPIRG) released a new report today calling on Governor Doyle to protect Wisconsin’s lakes from overdevelopment. | |
| 3/30/2004 | |
| More than 44 percent of industrial and municipal facilities across Wisconsin exceeded their Clean Water Act permit limits between January 2002 and June 2003, according to a new report "Troubled Waters: Analysis of Clean Water Act Compliance, January 2002-June 2003," released today by WISPIRG. | |
| 3/28/2007 | |
| The Natural Resources Board today authorized for public comment a range of options for proposed changes to the state’s mercury rule. | |
| 3/23/2006 | |
| More than 42.6 percent of industrial and municipal facilities across Wisconsin discharged more pollution into our waterways than their Clean Water Act permits allow between July 2003 and December 2004, according to "Troubled Waters: An Analysis Of Clean Water Act Compliance." | |
| 3/1/2007 | |
| WISPIRG applauds Senator’s Feingold’s leadership for our waterways. The Clean Water Network, of which WISPIRG is a member, recognized Senator Feingold as a “Clean Water Champion” for his leadership in protecting Wisconsin and American waterways with the Clean Water Authority Restoration Act. WISPIRG has been working with the Senator to pass this important bill. | |
| 10/11/2007 | |
| [Oshkosh, WI] More than 35 percent of industrial and municipal facilities across Wisconsin discharged more pollution into our waterways than their Clean Water Act permits allowed in 2005, according to Troubled Waters: An analysis of Clean Water Act Compliance, a new report released today by Wisconsin Environment. | |
| 1/23/2007 | |
| Four years after the passage of the nation’s strongest stormwater regulations, runoff from construction sites in Wisconsin continues to pose a serious threat to the health of Wisconsin’s waters, according to a new report released today by the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group (WISPIRG) and American Rivers. | |
| 1/1/2002 | |
| After almost three years of drafts and revisions, public comment and private conversations, politics and policy, the state of Wisconsin is poised to take action against runoff pollution - the state's number one water quality problem. But, despite vocal public and scientific support for strong standards to prevent polluted runoff, the Department of Natural Resources recently weakened the rules by eliminating one of the most important components of curbing runoff pollution - mandatory natural vegetative buffers. | |
| 09/28/2008 | |
| Wisconsin Environment applauds Wisconsin Representatives Kagen, Petri and Moore as well as Representatives Ehlers (Mich.) and Oberstar (Minn.), Senators Levin (Mich.) and Voinovich (Ohio) and the U.S. Congress for passing bipartisan legislation to clean up toxic contamination in the Great Lakes. | |
| 09/26/2008 | |
| Wisconsin Environment applauds Wisconsin Representatives Kagen, Petri and Moore as well as Representatives Ehlers (Mich.) and Oberstar (Minn.), Senators Levin (Mich.) and Voinovich (Ohio) and the U.S. Congress for passing bipartisan legislation to clean up toxic contamination in the Great Lakes. | |
| 09/23/2008 | |
| Wisconsin Environment applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for voting (390 to 25) to pass the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Basin Water Resources Compact (S.J.Res. 45), which ensures more sustainable use of Great Lakes water. The compact addresses challenges such as growing demand for water and increased pressure to divert water from the lakes. | |
| 08/23/2007 | |
| Madison, WI — Citing "ongoing regional opposition," BP America Chairman and President Bob Malone announced this morning that the company will avoid any increased pollution into Lake Michigan from its oil refinery expansion in Whiting, Indiana. | |
| 08/15/2007 | |
| Madison, Wisconsin—Wisconsin Environment and allied groups today presented BP and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials with more than 70,000 thousand signatures from Great Lakes region residents demanding a halt to BP's unprecedented expansion of pollution into Lake Michigan. | |
| The Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group (WISPIRG) is calling on the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to continue with its original plan to move forward this summer with new rules, known as NR 115, to limit the impact of excessive development along Wisconsin's lakes. | |
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