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Protecting Wisconsin Lakes from Damages of Wake Surfing
Why Towns and Lake Groups Must Act Now By Mary Jung March 3, 2026- February was a chaotic month for Wisconsin’s lakes that ended in a legislative stalemate. · Industry-backed wake-surf bills (AB1033/SB1025) which offered no meaningful protection and sought to preempt local authority were introduced; and AB1033 passed the Assembly, but only after…
Rescinding the endangerment finding will make it harder to mitigate climate change-related health risks
From WXPR by Katie Thoresen The Trump Administration recently rescinded the central scientific finding that’s the basis of much of the nation’s climate pollution rules under the Clean Air Act. The endangerment finding is a 2009 scientific finding that six particular greenhouse gases cause significant harm to human health. CONTINUE READING…
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